Police shot dead suspect in Berlin terror attack
German police have shot dead the suspect in a car-ramming attack on Berlin’s Pride march, ending a 24-hour manhunt, Al Jazeera reports.
Abdul Ballout, a German citizen with Lebanese roots, was killed on Sunday as he attacked officers with a bladed weapon, police said. Officials have asserted that all indications suggest he had carried out an “Islamist terror attack”.
The shooting occurred in Spandau, a northwestern district of Berlin. Police said Ballout died despite efforts to resuscitate him.
“Around 6 p.m. (1600 GMT), the suspect involved in yesterday’s attack in Tiergarten was located at an allotment garden complex in Spandau,” Berlin police wrote on social media.
“According to initial findings, he ran towards officers while armed with a bladed weapon; police … subsequently opened fire. Despite immediate resuscitation efforts by the Berlin Fire Department, he died at the scene.”
“Everything we see here indicates that this was an Islamist terror attack,” he said.
