POLICE have reportedly shot and killed the suspect who rammed a van into a crowd at a Berlin Pride event on Saturday night.
Cops confronted Abdul Ballout, 21, thought to be an “armed and dangerous Islamist” in a raid on a garden shed.
Abdul Ballout, 21, an ‘armed and dangerous Islamist’ suspected of killing one and injuring 29 others at Berlin’s Tiergarten Credit: AFP
The ‘Islamist’ suspect used a white van to plough into revellers at a Pride parade in central Berlin Credit: Reuters
At least one person died and 29 were injured in the horrific attack Credit: Reuters
The attack took place at the Christopher Street Day (CSD) Pride parade in German capital Credit: AFP
He is suspected of killing one and injuring 29 others in a “terrorist attack” last night.
A huge police operation to hunt down Ballout culminated in a SWAT team gunning down the suspect in an allotment complex in Berlin’s Spandau district.
Cops were attacked by the suspect and returned fire.
Berlin’s Interior minister Iris Spranger said: “I am grateful to the security authorities for finding the attacker so quickly. That is a tremendous achievement.”
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