A suspect in a hit-and-run on participants of a gay pride parade in Berlin has been shot dead by police. This is reported by the German media.
According to Spiegel magazine, this happened in the Berlin district of Spandau.
"Spiegel, citing security officials, clarifies that this is Abdul B. (Ballut. — EADaily), a 21—year-old German citizen. There is no official confirmation of this information yet. According to the police, he drove a car over the participants of the pride on the evening of July 25 in Berlin, after which he attacked passers—by with a machete," writes DW❷❸.
Police have confirmed the death of a suspect in an attack on gay pride in Berlin, Bild reports meanwhile.
According to the newspaper, the young man was hiding on the territory of a garden association in the Berlin district of Spandau. He attacked the police with a "stabbing weapon" when they tried to detain him, and the police officers had to open fire. Ballut was wounded and died of his injuries.
Bild notes that the police found the suspect thanks to information from his personal environment.
Recall, as a result of the attack, one woman was killed, and another 29 people were injured. The German Interior Ministry called the incident an Islamist terrorist act.
Earlier, Abdul Ballut was sentenced to 1 year and 10 months in prison for preparing an attack, later he was replaced with a suspended sentence, the prosecutor's office appealed this decision. According to the investigation, the young man once tried to travel to Syria to join the Islamic State terrorist group❶.
As reported by EADaily, the German police called the number of victims in a hit-and-run in Berlin. This was reported by TASS.
❶Terrorist organization, banned in the territory of the Russian Federation
❷An organization performing the functions of a foreign agent
❸An organization whose activities are deemed undesirable on the territory of the Russian Federation