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Berlin Pride Terror Attack: The Attack and Manhunt
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Megyn Kelly details the Saturday night attack in Berlin's Tiergarten Park, where 21-year-old Abdul Balout plowed a rented white van into a group of people near — but not inside — the Christopher Street Day Pride festival, then attacked victims with a bladed weapon. [1] — Megyn Kelly "1 killed, 29 injured in Berlin attack: Abdul Balout used a rental van and machete to kill one person and injure 29 others near Berlin's Pri…" 02:16 One person was killed and 29 injured. Authorities were careful to note the attack happened several hundred yards from the parade route and closing party, not at the festival itself. Witness Erik Müller described the terrifying wave of panic that swept through nearby crowds as rumors of multiple attackers and vehicles spread. Reuters reported more than 2,200 officers had been deployed across Berlin for the Pride festivities. The manhunt lasted nearly 24 hours before police located Balout in a community garden in western Berlin, where he charged at officers and was shot dead.
Abdul Balout used a rental van and machete to kill one person and injure 29 others near Berlin's Pride celebration in Tiergarten Park.
Abdul Balout — a German-born citizen of Lebanese descent with documented ISIS ties — used a rental van and machete to attack crowds near Berlin's Tiergarten, killing one and wounding 29. Despite previous arrests, ISIS propaganda charges, and a trip to Lebanon to join the terror group, German courts gave him a suspended sentence just months before the attack.
As conflicting rumors about multiple cars and knife-wielding attackers swept through the crowd, witness Erik Müller described seeing hundreds of people running from the festival, faces streaked with tears, with no one knowing what was actually happening. The scene captured how quickly mass panic takes hold even when the actual threat is localized.
Reuters reported that more than 2,200 police officers were deployed across Berlin to protect the Pride festivities on the night of the attack.
