{"id":23740,"date":"2026-07-27T03:39:41","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T03:39:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/berlin-pride-van-attack-suspect-shot-dead-in-confrontation-with-police\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T03:39:41","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T03:39:41","slug":"berlin-pride-van-attack-suspect-shot-dead-in-confrontation-with-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/berlin-pride-van-attack-suspect-shot-dead-in-confrontation-with-police\/","title":{"rendered":"Berlin Pride van attack suspect shot dead in confrontation with police"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div data-testid=\"ad-sticky-container\" class=\"sc-37562b78-0 iLENDS\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sc-54c4a04e-0 evuabm adWrapper noPrint sc-1c01c11e-0 jLbRED\" data-testid=\"ad\"><small class=\"sc-54c4a04e-2 dhgkTF\">Advertisement<\/small><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<header class=\"sc-ad76bc40-0 fNDZoQ\">\n<div class=\"sc-5cbbddda-0 hjlPcO\">\n<div data-testid=\"article-author\" class=\"sc-5cbbddda-1 hPBdKJ\" readability=\"6.5\">\n<div readability=\"8\">\n<p><span class=\"sc-5cbbddda-4 borCAt\">Geir Moulson<\/span>, <span class=\"sc-5cbbddda-4 borCAt\">Kirsten Grieshaber<\/span> and <span class=\"sc-5cbbddda-4 borCAt\">Stefanie Dazio<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"article-datetime\" class=\"sc-5cbbddda-5 hxoHkT\"><span class=\"sc-a243f860-0 gjmXPs\"><time data-testid=\"storytile-timestamp\" datetime=\"2026-07-27T06:01:39+10:00\">July 27, 2026<!-- --> &mdash; 6:01am<\/time><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-7132c98c-0 efdRpd noPrint\" data-testid=\"article-actions\">\n<div class=\"sc-7132c98c-1 iddmiW\">\n<div class=\"sc-f9e3ccff-0 kbEYga\" readability=\"6.3137254901961\"><button aria-checked=\"false\" aria-label=\"Save article to read later\" role=\"switch\" type=\"button\" class=\"sc-f9e3ccff-1 kmQlMe\"><svg fill=\"none\" height=\"24\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.5\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" width=\"24\" class=\"sc-d1b14060-0 TUyao\"><path d=\"M5.75 4C5.75 3.86193 5.86193 3.75 6 3.75H18C18.1381 3.75 18.25 3.86193 18.25 4L18.25 19.7709L12.8004 16.9682C12.2981 16.7099 11.7019 16.7099 11.1996 16.9682L5.75 19.7709L5.75 4Z\"><\/path><\/svg><span class=\"sc-f9e3ccff-2 gaKrMl\">Save<\/span><\/button>\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"sc-ba6ddcd9-0 kskMyR sc-d1b14060-3 cpmcTK\" role=\"tooltip\" readability=\"8.0816326530612\">\n<p class=\"sc-d1b14060-4 JmUoF\">You have reached your maximum number of saved items.<\/p>\n<p>Remove items from your saved list to add more.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><button aria-label=\"Set font size to normal\" aria-pressed=\"true\" class=\"sc-f7fd8257-1 yiNod\">A<\/button><button aria-label=\"Set font size to larger\" aria-pressed=\"false\" class=\"sc-f7fd8257-1 frqtnv\">A<\/button><button aria-label=\"Set font size to very large\" aria-pressed=\"false\" class=\"sc-f7fd8257-1 frqrHP\">A<\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<aside class=\"sc-6f94ac39-6 esmrVF\"><\/aside>\n<div class=\"sc-c502198b-0 NkURW\" readability=\"21.381183317168\">\n<p><strong>Berlin:<\/strong> The suspect in the deadly Berlin Pride attack that left one person dead and 29 injured was shot and killed by police during a confrontation in a suburb of the city, authorities said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"internal-linking-related-contents\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/12-weeks-jail-for-school-it-support-technician-who-took-upskirt-videos-of-teachers\/\" class=\"template-1\"><span class=\"cta\">News :<\/span><span class=\"postTitle\">&lt;div&gt;12 weeks' jail for school IT support technician who took upskirt videos of teachers&lt;\/div&gt;<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>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.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"sc-4820f69c-1 ZrhPA\"><button aria-label=\"enlarge image\" type=\"button\" class=\"sc-4820f69c-5 dyWwUw\">\n<div class=\"sc-d34e428-0 ikzfwY\"><picture><source media=\"(min-width: 1000px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.151%2C$multiply_0.9841%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_0%2C$y_11\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/1e6b0efbea6b298129723152a5d7ddd35591e7de, https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.151%2C$multiply_1.9683%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_0%2C$y_11\/t_crop_custom\/q_62%2Cf_auto\/1e6b0efbea6b298129723152a5d7ddd35591e7de 2x\"><source media=\"(min-width: 750px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.151%2C$multiply_1.0159%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_0%2C$y_11\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/1e6b0efbea6b298129723152a5d7ddd35591e7de, 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ldCIuB\"><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<p><svg viewbox=\"0 0 38 38\" height=\"38px\" width=\"38px\" class=\"sc-4820f69c-4 iMiYlW\"><g stroke=\"#F4F5F7\" stroke-width=\"2\" fill=\"none\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" transform=\"matrix(1, 0, 0, 1, 22.029383, 7.619553)\"><path d=\"M1 8l6.36396103-6.36396103M8 7V1H2\"><\/path><\/g><g stroke=\"#F4F5F7\" stroke-width=\"2\" fill=\"none\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" transform=\"matrix(1, 0, 0, 1, 7.0731, 21.523087)\"><path d=\"M8 1L1.63603897 7.36396103M1 2v6h6\"><\/path><\/g><\/svg><\/p><\/button><figcaption data-testid=\"figure-caption\" class=\"sc-4820f69c-0 SuAZY\"><span>Police stand in a garden house colony in Berlin&rsquo;s Spandau district, where authorities said the suspect in the deadly Berlin Pride van attack was shot dead in a confrontation on Sunday.<\/span><cite class=\"sc-4820f69c-2 jfXEoI\"><span class=\"sc-4820f69c-3 jfhtQZ\">Getty Images<\/span><\/cite><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Ballout was suspected of driving a van into a crowd near Berlin&rsquo;s Pride festival on Saturday night (German time) before apparently stabbing others with a machete in what authorities believe was an Islamic extremist terror attack.<\/p>\n<p>Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt said the attack occurred a few hundred metres from a party near the Brandenburg Gate that was supposed to close out the city&rsquo;s Pride festival.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sc-54c4a04e-0 yKpxh adWrapper noPrint sc-6f94ac39-3 fDyKLW\" data-testid=\"ad\"><small class=\"sc-54c4a04e-2 dhgkTF\">Advertisement<\/small><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-c502198b-0 NkURW\" readability=\"32\">\n<figure class=\"sc-4820f69c-1 jtDZiB\"><button aria-label=\"enlarge image\" type=\"button\" class=\"sc-4820f69c-5 dyWwUw\">\n<div class=\"sc-d34e428-0 ikzfwY\"><picture><source media=\"(min-width: 1000px)\" 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src=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/%24zoom_0.9,%24multiply_1.545,%24ratio_0.666667,%24width_378,%24x_20,%24y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_86,e_sharpen:60,f_auto\/e47346dee45a2b44ddb775ece480ad5efbd4ec67\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.9%2C$multiply_1.545%2C$ratio_0.666667%2C$width_378%2C$x_20%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Ce_sharpen:60%2Cf_auto\/e47346dee45a2b44ddb775ece480ad5efbd4ec67, https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.9%2C$multiply_3.0899%2C$ratio_0.666667%2C$width_378%2C$x_20%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_62%2Ce_sharpen:60%2Cf_auto\/e47346dee45a2b44ddb775ece480ad5efbd4ec67 2x\" class=\"sc-d34e428-1 bRhmzR\"><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<p><svg viewbox=\"0 0 38 38\" height=\"38px\" width=\"38px\" class=\"sc-4820f69c-4 iMiYlW\"><g stroke=\"#F4F5F7\" stroke-width=\"2\" fill=\"none\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" transform=\"matrix(1, 0, 0, 1, 22.029383, 7.619553)\"><path d=\"M1 8l6.36396103-6.36396103M8 7V1H2\"><\/path><\/g><g stroke=\"#F4F5F7\" stroke-width=\"2\" fill=\"none\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" transform=\"matrix(1, 0, 0, 1, 7.0731, 21.523087)\"><path d=\"M8 1L1.63603897 7.36396103M1 2v6h6\"><\/path><\/g><\/svg><\/p><\/button><figcaption data-testid=\"figure-caption\" class=\"sc-4820f69c-0 SuAZY\"><span>An undated image of Abdul Ballout.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Ballout, 21, was tracked down about 6pm Sunday (German time) at a garden in Spandau, a Berlin suburb, the city&rsquo;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.<\/p>\n<div class=\"internal-linking-related-contents\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/migrant-acquitted-in-first-trial-over-us-border-military-zones\/\" class=\"template-1\"><span class=\"cta\">News :<\/span><span class=\"postTitle\">Migrant acquitted in first trial over US border military zones<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>Ballout was born in Germany, the minister said. His mother was naturalised in 2002, three years before he was born.<\/p>\n<p>Ashley Jump, a 26-year-old UK resident, had travelled to Berlin for Saturday&rsquo;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.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They&rsquo;ll never erase us, we&rsquo;ll never be gone,&rdquo; they said. &ldquo;As long as humanity has existed, we&rsquo;ve existed. And as long as humanity exists, we will exist. We will not be removed.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sc-54c4a04e-0 yKpxh adWrapper noPrint sc-6f94ac39-3 fDyKLW\" data-testid=\"ad\"><small class=\"sc-54c4a04e-2 dhgkTF\">Advertisement<\/small><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-c502198b-0 NkURW\" readability=\"26\">\n<p>Ballout travelled to Lebanon in 2025 with the goal of going to Syria to join the Islamic State group, Berlin prosecutors said Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>There, he made contact with several people who were presumed members of the militant group &ndash; or at least he believed them to be, prosecutors said. He was arrested in Lebanon last year and sentenced by a military court to three months&rsquo; imprisonment for offences including incitement to religious and sectarian conflict.<\/p>\n<p>He returned to Germany after completing his sentence, where he was arrested at the Berlin airport.<\/p>\n<p>In May, a juvenile court in Berlin convicted Ballout of preparing a serious act of violence endangering the state, as well as publishing Islamic State propaganda on his Instagram account and other charges, prosecutors said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sc-54c4a04e-0 yKpxh adWrapper noPrint sc-6f94ac39-3 fDyKLW\" data-testid=\"ad\"><small class=\"sc-54c4a04e-2 dhgkTF\">Advertisement<\/small><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-c502198b-0 NkURW\" readability=\"17.342857142857\">\n<p>The court handed down a suspended sentence of 1 year and 10 months in youth custody, which Berlin prosecutors had appealed.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"sc-c8170ed7-0 kBAoLZ noPrint\" data-testid=\"related-story\">\n<h2 data-testid=\"related-story-heading\" class=\"sc-c8170ed7-1 iHMtRN\">Related Article<\/h2>\n<div class=\"sc-679b6ed4-0 VKgwt\" data-an-position=\"1\" imagepositions=\"top\" data-testid=\"story-tile\">\n<figure imagesizes=\"[object Object]\" class=\"sc-8825a2fb-0 kZkxVd\">\n<div class=\"sc-d34e428-0 ikzfwY\"><picture><source media=\"(min-width: 1000px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.1875%2C$multiply_0.2805%2C$ratio_1.777778%2C$width_1059%2C$x_0%2C$y_70\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/d6dbd1d2eb760b717c8197c91bb0c599c511131e, https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.1875%2C$multiply_0.5609%2C$ratio_1.777778%2C$width_1059%2C$x_0%2C$y_70\/t_crop_custom\/q_62%2Cf_auto\/d6dbd1d2eb760b717c8197c91bb0c599c511131e 2x\"><source media=\"(min-width: 750px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.1875%2C$multiply_0.2842%2C$ratio_1.777778%2C$width_1059%2C$x_0%2C$y_70\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/d6dbd1d2eb760b717c8197c91bb0c599c511131e, https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.1875%2C$multiply_0.5685%2C$ratio_1.777778%2C$width_1059%2C$x_0%2C$y_70\/t_crop_custom\/q_62%2Cf_auto\/d6dbd1d2eb760b717c8197c91bb0c599c511131e 2x\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\" \" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/%24zoom_0.1875,%24multiply_0.5127,%24ratio_1.777778,%24width_1059,%24x_0,%24y_70\/t_crop_custom\/q_86,f_auto\/d6dbd1d2eb760b717c8197c91bb0c599c511131e\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.1875%2C$multiply_0.5127%2C$ratio_1.777778%2C$width_1059%2C$x_0%2C$y_70\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/d6dbd1d2eb760b717c8197c91bb0c599c511131e, https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.1875%2C$multiply_1.0255%2C$ratio_1.777778%2C$width_1059%2C$x_0%2C$y_70\/t_crop_custom\/q_62%2Cf_auto\/d6dbd1d2eb760b717c8197c91bb0c599c511131e 2x\" class=\"sc-d34e428-1 ioInpc\"><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>The court said it took Ballout&rsquo;s months of pre-trial detention in Germany and Lebanon into account. It also said it considered that Ballout had confessed to the crimes, appeared to distance himself from the militant group and no actual threat had ever materialised.<\/p>\n<p>He was released from detention pending the appeal.<\/p>\n<p>According to police, a white van drove into the Tiergarten park about 10pm on Saturday (Berlin time) and hit several people before crashing into a tree.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sc-54c4a04e-0 yKpxh adWrapper noPrint sc-6f94ac39-3 fDyKLW\" data-testid=\"ad\"><small class=\"sc-54c4a04e-2 dhgkTF\">Advertisement<\/small><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-c502198b-0 NkURW\" readability=\"26\">\n<p>The closing party at the Pride festival, known as Christopher Street Day, was ongoing at the time next to the Brandenburg Gate, a short distance away. The party followed a parade with some 80 trucks that had made its way through downtown Berlin earlier in the day.<\/p>\n<p>The attack did not occur at the festival, along its route or at the closing party. Rather, the violence took place a few hundred meters away on a track in the Tiergarten park. The van drove into a crowd that was likely a mix of festivalgoers and other locals or visitors.<\/p>\n<p>Police said a woman was killed. On Sunday afternoon, hundreds of mourners gathered at a memorial at the iconic gate. They hugged each other and laid down flowers, candles, rainbow flags and homemade signs, including a cardboard one that said: &ldquo;The only thing more powerful than hate is love.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sc-54c4a04e-0 yKpxh adWrapper noPrint sc-6f94ac39-3 fDyKLW\" data-testid=\"ad\"><small class=\"sc-54c4a04e-2 dhgkTF\">Advertisement<\/small><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-c502198b-0 NkURW\" readability=\"23\">\n<p>Hundreds of thousands had come to Berlin to celebrate on Saturday, though it&rsquo;s unclear how many were still at the festival by late evening. It&rsquo;s one of Europe&rsquo;s largest LGBTQ celebrations.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We are simply stunned by what happened,&rdquo; said Andre Lehmann, a top official with the main national LGBTQ association, LSVD+. &ldquo;This suspected attack hits the heart of the queer community.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"sc-4820f69c-1 ZrhPA\"><button aria-label=\"enlarge image\" type=\"button\" class=\"sc-4820f69c-5 dyWwUw\">\n<div class=\"sc-d34e428-0 ikzfwY\"><picture><source media=\"(min-width: 1000px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.158%2C$multiply_0.9841%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_0%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/6c0b2687fc22286106e5410ca2e42edb9611039b, https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.158%2C$multiply_1.9683%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_0%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_62%2Cf_auto\/6c0b2687fc22286106e5410ca2e42edb9611039b 2x\"><source media=\"(min-width: 750px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.158%2C$multiply_1.0159%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_0%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/6c0b2687fc22286106e5410ca2e42edb9611039b, https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.158%2C$multiply_2.0317%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_0%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_62%2Cf_auto\/6c0b2687fc22286106e5410ca2e42edb9611039b 2x\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Mourners embrace at a makeshift memorial at Pariser Platz, in front of the Brandenburg Gate.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/%24zoom_0.158,%24multiply_0.7725,%24ratio_1.5,%24width_756,%24x_0,%24y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_86,f_auto\/6c0b2687fc22286106e5410ca2e42edb9611039b\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.158%2C$multiply_0.7725%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_0%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/6c0b2687fc22286106e5410ca2e42edb9611039b, https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.158%2C$multiply_1.545%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_0%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_62%2Cf_auto\/6c0b2687fc22286106e5410ca2e42edb9611039b 2x\" class=\"sc-d34e428-1 ldCIuB\"><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<p><svg viewbox=\"0 0 38 38\" height=\"38px\" width=\"38px\" class=\"sc-4820f69c-4 iMiYlW\"><g stroke=\"#F4F5F7\" stroke-width=\"2\" fill=\"none\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" transform=\"matrix(1, 0, 0, 1, 22.029383, 7.619553)\"><path d=\"M1 8l6.36396103-6.36396103M8 7V1H2\"><\/path><\/g><g stroke=\"#F4F5F7\" stroke-width=\"2\" fill=\"none\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" transform=\"matrix(1, 0, 0, 1, 7.0731, 21.523087)\"><path d=\"M8 1L1.63603897 7.36396103M1 2v6h6\"><\/path><\/g><\/svg><\/p><\/button><figcaption data-testid=\"figure-caption\" class=\"sc-4820f69c-0 SuAZY\"><span>Mourners embrace at a makeshift memorial at Pariser Platz, in front of the Brandenburg Gate.<\/span><cite class=\"sc-4820f69c-2 jfXEoI\"><span class=\"sc-4820f69c-3 jfhtQZ\">Getty Images<\/span><\/cite><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Chancellor Friedrich Merz urged the nation to remain united in the aftermath of the attack.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I would like to say this to Christopher Street Day participants here in Berlin but also across Germany: Don&rsquo;t let yourselves, let us not let ourselves, be intimidated,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sc-54c4a04e-0 yKpxh adWrapper noPrint sc-6f94ac39-3 fDyKLW\" data-testid=\"ad\"><small class=\"sc-54c4a04e-2 dhgkTF\">Advertisement<\/small><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-c502198b-0 NkURW\" readability=\"23.483080513419\">\n<p>&ldquo;These acts have only one purpose: They aim to divide our society. They want to take away from us the most important thing we have: Namely our openness and our freedom.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Dobrindt said he expected security measures at other major events in Germany, including Pride events elsewhere, to be reviewed and if necessary significantly boosted.<\/p>\n<p>Berlin has seen Islamic extremist attacks before. In December, 2016, a rejected asylum seeker from Tunisia ploughed a hijacked truck into a Christmas market, killing 13 people and injuring dozens. He was killed days later in a shootout in Italy.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"sc-4820f69c-1 ZrhPA\"><button aria-label=\"enlarge image\" type=\"button\" class=\"sc-4820f69c-5 dyWwUw\">\n<div class=\"sc-d34e428-0 ikzfwY\"><picture><source media=\"(min-width: 1000px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.187%2C$multiply_0.9841%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_0%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/15d7c5abf6bf72cf199e9200de12414171a04d5f, https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.187%2C$multiply_1.9683%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_0%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_62%2Cf_auto\/15d7c5abf6bf72cf199e9200de12414171a04d5f 2x\"><source media=\"(min-width: 750px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.187%2C$multiply_1.0159%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_0%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/15d7c5abf6bf72cf199e9200de12414171a04d5f, 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iMiYlW\"><g stroke=\"#F4F5F7\" stroke-width=\"2\" fill=\"none\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" transform=\"matrix(1, 0, 0, 1, 22.029383, 7.619553)\"><path d=\"M1 8l6.36396103-6.36396103M8 7V1H2\"><\/path><\/g><g stroke=\"#F4F5F7\" stroke-width=\"2\" fill=\"none\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" transform=\"matrix(1, 0, 0, 1, 7.0731, 21.523087)\"><path d=\"M8 1L1.63603897 7.36396103M1 2v6h6\"><\/path><\/g><\/svg><\/p><\/button><figcaption data-testid=\"figure-caption\" class=\"sc-4820f69c-0 SuAZY\"><span>The van was crashed into a tree after the attack on the march.<\/span><cite class=\"sc-4820f69c-2 jfXEoI\"><span class=\"sc-4820f69c-3 jfhtQZ\">AP Photo\/Markus Schreiber<\/span><\/cite><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In February last year, a Spanish tourist was stabbed and seriously wounded at Berlin&rsquo;s Holocaust Memorial, an attack that saw a Syrian man convicted in March and sentenced to 13 years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sc-54c4a04e-0 yKpxh adWrapper noPrint sc-6f94ac39-3 fDyKLW\" data-testid=\"ad\"><small class=\"sc-54c4a04e-2 dhgkTF\">Advertisement<\/small><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-c502198b-0 NkURW\" readability=\"13.701188455008\">\n<p>This week, Amsterdam will be hosting World Pride alongside its own annual Pride celebrations.<\/p>\n<p>Mayor Femke Halsema said authorities and organisers were &ldquo;closely monitoring the security situation&rdquo; after the Berlin attack but aim to prevent any extra measures getting in the way of celebrating freedom and love.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"sc-4820f69c-1 ZrhPA\"><button aria-label=\"enlarge image\" type=\"button\" class=\"sc-4820f69c-5 dyWwUw\">\n<div class=\"sc-d34e428-0 ikzfwY\"><picture><source media=\"(min-width: 1000px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.091%2C$multiply_0.9841%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_0%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/313134e0f9c1ca58ef3a376abf52652218cea03d, https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.091%2C$multiply_1.9683%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_0%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_62%2Cf_auto\/313134e0f9c1ca58ef3a376abf52652218cea03d 2x\"><source media=\"(min-width: 750px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.091%2C$multiply_1.0159%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_0%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/313134e0f9c1ca58ef3a376abf52652218cea03d, https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.091%2C$multiply_2.0317%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_0%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_62%2Cf_auto\/313134e0f9c1ca58ef3a376abf52652218cea03d 2x\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"People gather near the Brandenburg Gate supporting the LGBTQ community after the Pride March attack.\" loading=\"lazy\" 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