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[Regnum] Police killed a man suspected of running over people in central Berlin during a special operation.
| Abdul Ballut, 21, a German citizen of Lebanese immigrant parents who desperately wanted to do jihad for ISIS. |
The suspect was discovered in the Spandau district on the property of a gardening community around 6:00 PM local time (7:00 PM Moscow time). According to preliminary reports, he approached police officers holding a bladed weapon. In response, security forces opened fire.
"Despite immediate resuscitation efforts by the Berlin Fire Department, the man died at the scene," law enforcement officials said in a statement on social media.
Police representatives added that the criminal investigation is ongoing. The agency plans to regularly update the Prosecutor General's Office on the investigation's progress.
The incident occurred on July 25 near the Tiergarten park. The driver of a white van struck several people, crashed into a tree, and then fled. According to the latest reports, a woman died in the incident, and 16 others were injured.
No further threat after Berlin Pride attack suspect killed, German minister says
Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt says authorities see no indication of an ongoing threat after the suspected Berlin Pride attacker was shot dead.
Speaking to Germany's public broadcaster ARD, Dobrindt said "additional measures" were underway but added, "we do not believe there is any further danger."
Earlier, a police spokesman at the scene where the suspect was shot dead said authorities were "not currently looking for others."
However, Dobrindt said investigators continue to examine whether others may have been involved.
Dobrindt said authorities have identified another person, but evidence has not substantiated any connection so far. The investigation remains ongoing.
He noted that typically such attacks are carried out by lone perpetrators.
WATCH: Police say main Pride ramming suspect shot dead
Police in Berlin say the main suspect in the attack on the city's Pride celebrations has been shot dead after attacking officers with a "bladed weapon."
Despite resuscitation efforts, the man died at the scene in Spandau on the western outskirts of Berlin.
Suspect in attack during Berlin Pride shot dead in police operation — Berlin authorities
Berlin's Senate Department for Interior Affairs confirmed that the fugitive suspect in a Saturday van ramming during Berlin Pride was shot dead in a police operation on Sunday.
The department functions as the Interior Ministry for the city-state of Berlin.
Berlin police also confirmed the operation, saying that they had localized the suspect at a garden allotment in Spandau on the western outskirts of the city around 6 p.m. local time (1600 UTC).
Berlin police shot at the suspect after he charged at officers while armed with a stabbing weapon, according to the statement.
He was then subject to resuscitation efforts by firefighters but died of his wounds at the scene.
Van ramming suspect tried to join 'Islamic State' group — prosecutors
Judicial authorities confirmed earlier media reports that the suspect in the Saturday van ramming in Berlin had made multiple failed attempts to leave Germany and join the "Islamic State" (IS) militant group.
The suspect had initially attempted to travel to Mauritania through Turkey, but ultimately traveled from Turkey to Lebanon in an attempt to make his way to Syria to join IS, the public prosecutor general's office of the city-state of Berlin said.
According to the statement, he then made contact with multiple individuals in Lebanon that he believed were members of IS.
The suspect was sentenced to three months in prison by a Lebanese military court for "inciting religious and confessional conflict," among other things. He returned to Germany in November 2025 after the end of his prison term and was again arrested at Berlin International Airport.
The suspect then spent months in pre-trial detention in Germany.