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

German police have shot dead the suspect wanted for the car ramming attack on Berlin’s Pride march.

Abdul Ballout, a German citizen with Lebanese roots, was killed as he attacked officers with a bladed weapon, police reported.

Ballout was shot following a search that lasted nearly 24 hours. He was the main suspect in the attack on Saturday evening, in which a van drove into a crowd at the Berlin Pride LGBT event.

German officials have reported that all indications point to a “Islamic terror attack”.

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