One dead and 16 injured after van drives into crowd during Berlin Pride festival

Berlin police called off the LGBTQ+ pride parade in the German capital on Saturday, hours after the event had begun, saying it was because several people had been injured when a car drove into the crowd.

BERLIN — German authorities on Sunday issued a wanted notice for a fugitive suspect in a van ramming near Berlin’s Pride festival that left one person dead and injured at least 16 others.

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Police and prosecutors asked for help in finding a 21-year-old, whom they identified as Abdul B.

They said he is believed to have injured several people with a moving vehicle late Saturday evening, and that one or more people apparently then left that vehicle. Several people were also apparently stabbed, they added.