German Chancellor Friedrich Merz says he will ensure that those responsible for a car attack near Berlin’s Gay Pride are punished. Police report that a vehicle entered the Tiergarten area on the outskirts of the Pride celebrations and struck several people shortly before 10:00 p.m. local time on Saturday. At least one person is killed and 16 others are injured. Following the attack, organisers cut short one of Europe’s largest Pride events. Police say they are searching for the occupants of the vehicle.
Both reports place the incident in the context of heightened security concerns in Germany, which has seen multiple deadly vehicle and knife attacks in recent years. The available information from the sources is limited to the immediate aftermath, including casualty figures, the location and timing of the impact, and the police search for suspects. Authorities have not attributed the attack to a specific motive in the shared accounts.
