Germany Suspects "Islamic Terror" Angle In Deadly Berlin Pride Attack
German authorities are searching for a suspect who drove a van into a crowd at a Berlin Pride festival and attacked bystanders with a machete. The incident, which resulted in one death and 29 injuries, is being investigated as an act of Islamic extremist terrorism.
Why it matters
The attack highlights ongoing security concerns regarding radicalization and public safety at large-scale cultural events in Europe.
German investigators on Sunday hunted a man who allegedly drove a van into a crowd near Berlin's Pride festival, killing one person and wounding many more, before apparently stabbing others with a machete in what authorities believe was an Islamic extremist terror attack.Authorities issued a wanted notice and warned people against approaching Abdul Ballout, a German citizen with Lebanese roots, saying that he may be armed and dangerous."Everything we see here points to us dealing with an Islamic terror attack," Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt said.Dobrindt put the total number of injured at 29.Ashley Jump, a 26-year-old UK resident, had traveled to Berlin for Saturday's Pride parade but had left the celebrations before the attack. They returned Sunday to leave flowers at a memorial near the crime scene in support of the LGBTQ+ community."They'll never erase us, we'll never be gone," they said.
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