Crime & Public Safety
Police say one dead and around 15 injured near Berlin Pride
One person was killed and around 15 people were injured after a car was believed to have driven into a crowd on the outskirts of Berlin's Gay Pride parade, police said Saturday. Police said some of the injured were seriously hurt.
The vehicle was abandoned at the scene in Tiergarten Park, a wooded area of the German capital where the parade ends, police said. They said they were searching for the occupant or occupants of the vehicle.
Update
Police said some of the around 15 injured people were seriously hurt.
The vehicle was abandoned at the scene, according to police.
Police said they were searching for the occupant or occupants of the vehicle.
The scene was identified as Tiergarten Park, described as a wooded area of Berlin where the parade ends.
Source note: AFP news report published on 25 July 2026 at 21:44:22 UTC.
Update
Police said one person was dead.
Police said around 15 people were injured.
The car was suspected of hitting a crowd near Berlin Gay Pride.
Source note: AFP news report published on 25 July 2026 at 21:37:37 UTC.
Update
The Gay Pride event was cut short after the injuries.
Police told participants to go home.
Hundreds of thousands of people had taken part earlier in the Christopher Street Day event.
The march ended on 17 June Street, which crosses Tiergarten to the Brandenburg Gate, where concerts had been held since Friday.
Source note: AFP news report published on 25 July 2026 at 21:13:03 UTC.
Update
Police said the injured people may have been hit by a car.
Police said they believed a vehicle entered Tiergarten park and hit and injured several people.
Police said they were actively seeking the people responsible.
Source note: AFP news report published on 25 July 2026 at 21:01:53 UTC.
Uncertainty notes
The source says the car was believed to have driven into the crowd, so the exact circumstances were not confirmed in the report.
The occupant or occupants of the vehicle had not been found, according to the report.
Source
AFP news report published on .