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Berlin Pride Attack: Islamist Terror Suspected, Suspect Killed
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German police shot and killed 21-year-old Abdul Balout in a Berlin garden allotment on Sunday evening, following a vehicle attack near the city's Pride event that left one dead and at least 29 injured [1] — Esme Nicholson "Berlin prosecutors believe Abdul Balout's vehicle attack near the annual Pride event was Islamist terrorism. What makes it haunting: Balout…" 02:07 . Prosecutors say evidence is mounting that the attack was Islamist in motivation. The case raises uncomfortable questions about judicial and security failures: Balout, a German national of Lebanese heritage, had attempted to join the Islamic State on a trip to Lebanon the year before, and in May 2026 a Berlin court convicted him of preparing a serious act of violence. Despite the conviction, he received only a suspended sentence and remained free while prosecutors appealed — until he drove into the crowd.
A vehicle-ramming attack near Berlin's annual Pride event killed one person and injured at least 29 others.
Berlin prosecutors believe Abdul Balout's vehicle attack near the annual Pride event was Islamist terrorism. What makes it haunting: Balout had already been convicted of planning serious violence in May 2026, handed a suspended sentence, and was free while prosecutors appealed when he killed one and injured 29.
The Berlin attacker, Abdul Balout, had been convicted in May of preparing a serious act of violence but received a suspended sentence and was free when he carried out the attack.
A shooting at a food festival near the Space Needle in Seattle killed two people and injured five others on Sunday night.
A Sunday night shooting at a food festival near Seattle's Space Needle left two dead and five injured. Two suspects are in custody. The local hospital is withholding information on the injured out of respect for victims' families.
