A suspect has been shot and killed by police following an alleged "Islamist terror attack" at a Berlin Pride event on Saturday night.
The suspect in the Berlin Pride attack has reportedly been shot and killed during a police operation at a garden complex, German media are reporting.
The prosecutor's office alleges that Abdul Ballout drove a van into a crowd and stabbed multiple people in an attack that left one woman dead and at least 29 injured.
Reports say it occured in Spandau, a borough in the west of Berlin.
In a statement, Berlin's police department said the suspect in Saturday's attack died after police used their firearms against him.
Police say the suspect was located in an allotment garden facility in Spandau, in the west of Berlin, at 18:00 local time (17:00 BST) today.
In the update, police say it's believed he "rushed toward our emergency forces with a stabbing weapon, after which police firearms were used by our SEK [Special Operations Command] Berlin".
"Despite immediate resuscitation measures initiated by the Berlin Fire Department, he died at the scene," a spokesperson says.
Suspect tried to join Islamic State group, officials say
As we reported earlier, suspect Abdul Ballout had been convicted and given a prison sentence that he had not yet served.
Here's a timeline of the relevant background:
June 16 and 24, 2024: Ballout publishes prohibited Islamic State propaganda on Instagram. Later, the prosecutor's office says, he allegedly "developed the desire to join the armed struggle of ISIS".
20 May 2025: He travels to Lebanon via Turkey, with the intention of heading to Syria and joining the Islamic State group.
24 July 2025: He is arrested in Lebanon and sentenced to three months in prison for incitement to religious and sectarian conflict.
17 November 2025: Ballout returns to Germany after being released, and is arrested at Berlin Brandenburg Airport.
12 May 2026: The Tiergarten District Court sentences him to one year and 10 months' imprisonment for "preparing a serious act of violence endangering the state". The decision is deferred for six months.
3 July 2026: His address in Berlin-Schöneberg is searched based on suspicion of a violation of Germany's Weapons Act, but only a toy gun is found.
25 July 2026: Ballout allegedly seriously injures several people in a vehicle ramming attack in Berlin, and a number more "with a bladed weapon".
