Suspect in Berlin Pride attack shot dead by police

BERLIN — German police said a 21-year-old man with a record of Islamist extremist activity was shot dead on Sunday, a day after he allegedly drove a minivan into people near Berlin's Pride celebrations, killing one person.

The ramming attack happened in the Tiergarten park near the Brandenburg Gate at about 10 p.m.

(2000 GMT) on Saturday, not far from one of Europe's biggest annual LGBTQ celebrations, Christopher Street Day.

Authorities said that in addition to the one fatality, 29 people were injured, some by a bladed weapon the attacker wielded.

"Around 6 p.m.

(1600 GMT), the suspect involved in yesterday's attack in Tiergarten was located at an allotment garden complex in Spandau," Berlin police wrote on X, referring to an area in Berlin's westernmost borough where residents cultivate garden plots.

"According to initial findings, he ran towards officers while armed with a bladed weapon; police... subsequently opened fire.

Despite immediate resuscitation efforts by the Berlin Fire Department, he died at the scene." Dagmar Euent and Juliane Gotzler, who have a garden plot, said they he ...