{"id":568474,"date":"2026-07-26T04:46:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T04:46:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/568474\/"},"modified":"2026-07-26T04:46:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T04:46:15","slug":"police-hunt-suspect-after-deadly-berlin-pride-car-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/568474\/","title":{"rendered":"Police hunt suspect after deadly Berlin Pride car attack"},"content":{"rendered":"

German police are searching for a suspect believed linked to Islamist circles after a car ploughed into a crowd near Berlin’s Gay Pride celebrations, killing one person and wounding 16 others.<\/p>\n

The incident shattered what had been a day of celebration for hundreds of thousands attending Christopher Street Day, one of Europe’s largest Pride events, and left revellers fleeing a central Berlin park as sirens echoed through the night.<\/p>\n

Police told AFP the suspected vehicle was later found abandoned a few hundred metres from the heart of the festivities in Tiergarten park.<\/p>\n

A manhunt involving helicopters and officers from several German states was under way across the capital on Sunday.<\/p>\n

A suspect, believed to have links to “Islamist circles” had been “identified” but not yet arrested, police spokesman Florian Nath said.<\/p>\n

An eyewitness near the main Pride stage at Brandenburg Gate told AFP that celebrations abruptly ended when police instructed people to leave.<\/p>\n

“Go home, please,” officers told participants as the crowd streamed away from the park, where emergency crews rushed to treat victims.<\/p>\n

The attack occurred shortly before 10:00 pm local time yesterday.<\/p>\n

“A vehicle entered the Tiergarten park and hit several people,” police said.<\/p>\n

One person died and 16 others were injured, including three with life-threatening injuries, according to Berlin fire department spokesman Dominik Pretz.<\/p>\n

Around 30 more people were treated for shock at the scene.<\/p>\n

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\nThe car suspected to have been involved in the incident was found in the Tiergarten park<\/p>\n

Police spokesman Nath said investigators had identified a suspect but not yet made an arrest, adding that investigators believed he had links to “Islamist circles”.<\/p>\n

The search was widened to “the whole city” after the vehicle was discovered abandoned in the vast Tiergarten park.<\/p>\n

The vehicle appeared to be “akin to a minivan or small SUV”, Nath said.<\/p>\n

The attack immediately revived memories of a series of deadly assaults that have shaken Germany in recent years and fuelled fierce debate over security.<\/p>\n

Chancellor Friedrich Merz vowed that those responsible would face justice.<\/p>\n

In a statement, Merz described the incident as a “horrific act” and said he and Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt were being kept informed of developments.<\/p>\n

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\nBerlin’s mayor Kai Wegner spoke to the media near the scene<\/p>\n

Berlin Mayor Kai Wegner condemned what he called a brutal attack on “a gathering for a tolerant and peaceful Berlin”.<\/p>\n

Police had deployed more than 2,000 officers to secure the event.<\/p>\n

Following the incident, additional personnel from across Germany joined the search operation, supported by helicopters equipped with thermal-imaging cameras.<\/p>\n

An AFP journalist at the scene saw numerous emergency vehicles lining a nearby road and a large tent erected as police combed the area.<\/p>\n

Earlier Saturday, hundreds of thousands of people took part in the event, called Christopher Street Day in Germany, which is one of the biggest Pride events in Europe.<\/p>\n

The march ended next to the Brandenburg Gate, which has been the venue for concerts since Friday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"German police are searching for a suspect believed linked to Islamist circles after a car ploughed into a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":568475,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-568474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568474","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=568474"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568474\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/568475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=568474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=568474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=568474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}