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Germany says fatal Berlin Pride attack believed to be act of Islamic extremist terror
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleA van ramming and stabbing near Berlin’s Pride festival that left one person dead and many others injured yesterday is believed to have been an Islamic extremist terror attack, Germany’s interior minister says.
The suspect in the attack remains at large. Authorities issued a wanted notice and warned people against approaching Abdul Ballout, a German citizen with Lebanese roots, saying that he may be armed and dangerous.
Authorities say he is believed to have injured several people with a van in a park near the Pride festival’s closing party. Several people were also apparently stabbed.
Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt says the suspect is believed to have injured people with a machete.
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