Abdul Ballout (above), the man suspected of driving through a crowd at Berlin Pride on Saturday killing one person and injuring 29 others, was shot and killed by police after a nearly 24-hour manhunt.
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BREAKING: The suspect in the deadly Berlin Pride attack is killed in a confrontation with police, officials say. https://t.co/2X4ucDeTX0
— The Associated Press (@AP) July 26, 2026
Via AP News:
Abdul Ballout, a German citizen with Lebanese roots, was killed following a search that lasted nearly 24 hours after the attack in downtown Berlin. Prosecutors said he had previously sought to join the militant Islamic State group.
Ballout was suspected of driving a van into a crowd near Berlin’s Pride festival Saturday night before apparently stabbing others with a machete in what authorities believe was an Islamic extremist terror attack.
Ballout was tracked down around 6 p.m. Sunday at a garden in Spandau, a Berlin suburb, the city’s police department wrote on X. They said he apparently ran toward officers with a sharp instrument, and police fired at least one shot. He died at the scene.
Ballout, who was born in Germany, was arrested in Lebanon last year and spent three months in prison for offenses including incitement to religious and sectarian conflict.
In May, a juvenile court in Berlin convicted Ballout of preparing a “serious act of violence endangering the state.”
Officials say he also shared Islamic State propaganda on his Instagram account.
Berlin Pride attack suspect shot and killed during police operation – follow live updates https://t.co/nz9SXOuq00
— BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) July 26, 2026
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