{"id":3698,"date":"2026-07-26T07:35:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T07:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=3698"},"modified":"2026-07-26T07:35:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T07:35:00","slug":"vehicle-mows-down-crowd-at-berlin-pride-festival-killing-one-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=3698","title":{"rendered":"Vehicle mows down crowd at Berlin Pride festival, killing one"},"content":{"rendered":"<article><!-- --><!-- --><!-- WPS-5038 -- removed the script from WPS and added the placeholder for trinity player --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- CONTENT --><!--[--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>By Kirsti Knolle, Michele Sani, Martin and Schlicht<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>BERLIN &#8211; One person has been killed and 17 injured, with some in life-threatening condition, after a vehicle mowed down a crowd near Berlin&#8217;s Pride celebrations on Saturday evening, setting off a manhunt for those responsible, the police said.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=3696\">Vehicle mows down crowd at Berlin Pride festival, killing one<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Hours after the apparent attack many details remained unclear, but police said the vehicle struck multiple people after charging into the city&#8217;s central Tiergarten park close to the Brandenburg Gate. They later said they had identified an Islamist as a suspect and were seeking his arrest.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;According to our latest information, the vehicle drove &#8230; into the Tiergarten around 10 p.m. (2000 GMT), injuring several people in the process, and then came to a standstill after hitting a tree here in the Tiergarten,&#8221; a police spokesperson at the scene said. <\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was empty, which is why we are currently working intensively to track down the perpetrator or perpetrators.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>EIGHT SERIOUSLY INJURED<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Among the injured, eight had serious injuries and of those, three were in life-threatening condition, a fire brigade spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have now identified a suspected perpetrator. Measures against this suspected perpetrator, who has not yet been arrested, are underway. However, this suspected perpetrator is known to the police as a member of the Islamist scene here in Berlin,&#8221; the police spokesperson told reporters.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>The police said the vehicle was white, describing it as possibly a car or minivan or minibus. Tabloid newspaper Bild cited a witness as saying it was a van and that a man emerged from it and fled on foot.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Hundreds of thousands of people had gathered peacefully in the German capital for the annual Christopher Street Day celebrations, one of Europe&#8217;s largest LGBTQ events, before the apparent attack brought it to an abrupt end.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>A large number of emergency service vehicles were at the scene.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s one of the worst days for the queer community and a day I personally hoped I&#8217;d never have to experience&#8230; I&#8217;m shocked,&#8221; said Julian Miethig, who attended the event.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=3694\">Southern China faces torrential rain, flood risk after Typhoon Noul hits land<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Christopher Street Day draws hundreds of thousands of people to the German capital each year. The event commemorates the 1969 Stonewall uprising in New York and combines a parade with political demands for equality, inclusion and protection against discrimination. <\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>SERIES OF CAR ATTACKS<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>First held in West Berlin in 1979, the CSD has grown from a small demonstration into a major fixture of the city&#8217;s cultural and political calendar. The parade is the centrepiece of the CSD, but it is accompanied by a range of political, cultural and party events held across the city.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Germany has in recent years suffered a series of incidents in which a car has charged into a crowd, causing deaths.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>In May, a man believed to have mental health issues drove his car into a central pedestrian zone of the eastern German city of Leipzig, killing two people and seriously injuring three.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Last year, two people were killed in the western city of Mannheim when a 40-year-old man whom authorities described as psychologically unwell drove a car into a group of pedestrians. Weeks before that, an Afghan national suspected by prosecutors of having carried out a similar attack on a trade union demonstration in Munich, killing two and injuring more than 40, including children.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>In December 2024, several people were killed in a car-ramming attack on a Christmas market in the eastern city of Magdeburg. The suspected perpetrator was a psychiatrist from Saudi Arabia with a history of anti-Islamic rhetoric who had lived in Germany for almost two decades.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p> (Reporting by Kirsti Knolle, Michele Sani and Martin Schlicht and Christian Mang in Berlin and Sabine Wollrab in Frankfurt; Writing by Francois Murphy; Editing by Rod Nickel, David Gregorio and Matthew Lewis)<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=3692\">Torrential rain, flooding risks in Southern China after Noul makes landfall<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><!--]--><!--[--><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><!--]--><!--[--><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><!--]--><!--[--><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p><i> Copyright Reuters or USA Today Network via Reuters Connect.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--]--><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BERLIN &#8211; One person has been killed and 17 injured, with some in life-threatening condition, after a vehicle mowed down a crowd near Berlin&#39;s Pride celebrations on Saturday evening, setting off a manhunt for those responsible, the police said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3697,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3698","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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