Berlin police shoot dead suspect in car ramming attack on Pride event

What the report says

Al Jazeera reports that German police shot dead Abdul Ballout, the suspect wanted over a car-ramming attack near Berlin’s Pride celebrations, on Sunday, July 26, 2026. Ballout, described by the outlet as a German citizen with Lebanese roots, had been the focus of a nearly 24-hour search after a van drove into a crowd in central Berlin on Saturday evening.

According to the report, the ramming killed one person and injured 29 others. Officials said the available indications pointed to an “Islamic terror attack,” though the article did not provide further detail on the basis for that assessment. The incident took place near the Pride march in the Tiergarten area, a major public gathering in the German capital.

Berlin police said Ballout was found at an allotment garden complex in the Spandau district at about 6 p.m. local time. Police said that, based on initial findings, he ran toward officers while carrying a bladed weapon, after which officers opened fire. He died at the scene despite resuscitation efforts by the Berlin Fire Department, Al Jazeera reported.

The case matters because it combines a deadly vehicle attack on a large public event with a subsequent police shooting of the suspected attacker, raising immediate security concerns for public gatherings and prompting attention to how German authorities assess and investigate suspected extremist violence. Al Jazeera’s article was marked “More to come,” so further official details may still emerge.