Investigators find apparent claim of responsibility after Berlin Pride attack
German media said the 21-year-old suspect recorded the pledge on his phone the day of the attack, which killed 1 person and injured 29.
- On Sunday, 21-year-old Abdul Rahman Ballout drove a rented minivan into a crowd near Berlin's Pride parade, Bild reported. Ballout recorded a video pledging allegiance to the Islamic State before crashing in Tiergarten park.
- Ballout, a German citizen with Lebanese roots, was convicted in May of "planning a serious act of subversive violence," receiving a suspended sentence. He had also served three months in a Lebanese jail for belonging to the Islamic State.
- A 65-year-old Polish woman died in the attack, and 29 people sustained injuries. Investigators found the attacker's phone and a machete sheath inside the minivan, suggesting he intended to assault more people after exiting the vehicle.
- Police shot and killed Ballout on Sunday after the suspect allegedly charged at officers with a bladed weapon. Prosecutors have been approached for confirmation regarding the ongoing investigation.
- Ballout had previously traveled to Lebanon last year in a failed attempt to fight for the Islamic State. Authorities are now reviewing how the suspect, well-known to the criminal justice system, carried out the attack.
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Independent EspañolBERLIN (AP) — German authorities reported that investigators found what appears to be a claim of authorship by the suspect of the deadly attack near the Berlin Pride Festival.
As NY Times sees it: Radicalized car plowed through LGBT crowd in Berlin
by WorldTribune Staff, July 28, 2026 Non-AI Real World News One woman was killed and 29 people were injured in an incident at Germany’s Berlin Pride event on Saturday night. Here is how The New York Times covered it: “Breaking News: A car plowed through a park during Berlin’s biggest LGBTQ Pride event, killing at […]
The German Public Prosecutor's Office reported having found the video of a hooded man corresponding to the suspect on a phone left in the car.
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