# German Interior minister, Alexander Donbrindt has described the incident in which an attacker drove a van into a crowd at Berlin’s largest LGBTQ+ event as an Islamist terror attack. One woman died, and at least 29 were injured in the Tiergarten Park. Donbrindt says the suspect, identified as 21-year-old Abdul Ballout, then attacked people with a bladed weapon, likely a machete. According to reports, Ballout, who is a German citizen of Lebanese background, was known to police as a member of Islamic circles in Berlin and had previously committed several crimes.
Deadly Berlin Pride van ramming described as an ‘Islamist terror attack’