Key facts
- A vehicle drove into a crowd near Berlin's Pride celebrations on Saturday evening.
- One person was killed and 17 others injured, several critically.
- Police are searching for the perpetrator(s).
- The motive and circumstances remain unclear.
- Sunday's Christopher Street Day Pride event has been canceled.
One person was killed and 17 others injured, several critically, after a vehicle ploughed into a crowd near Berlin's Pride celebrations on Saturday evening. Police were searching for the perpetrator or perpetrators, while the circumstances and possible motive remained unclear. The Christopher Street Day Pride event scheduled for Sunday has been canceled as a result of the incident.
Germany has seen a series of vehicle-ramming incidents since the 2016 attack on Berlin's Breitscheidplatz Christmas market, prompting repeated security alerts around public gatherings. Notable incidents include a 2026 attack in Leipzig that killed two, a 2025 attack in Mannheim that killed two, and a 2025 attack in Munich that killed a woman and her child, attributed to Islamist extremism. In 2024, six people were killed at a Christmas market in Magdeburg, with the perpetrator sentenced to life imprisonment. Other incidents include a 2022 attack in Berlin that killed a teacher and injured students, a 2020 attack in Trier that killed five, and a 2020 carnival parade attack in Volkmarsen that injured dozens. The 2016 Breitscheidplatz Christmas market attack, carried out by Anis Amri, killed 11 people.