Abdul Ballout
Activist suspected of perpetrating the 2026 Berlin Pride van attack
- Sep 1
Rainbow memorial bench for Berlin CSD attack victims destroyed in Tiergarten
Vandals in Berlin destroyed a rainbow-colored bench erected in Tiergarten in memory of victims of the July Christopher Street Day attack, prompting a hate crime inquiry by state security.
- Jul 28
Berlin Pride attacker was under police surveillance an hour before the rampage, had been freed in May despite terror risk
Abdul Ballout, 21, killed a 65-year-old Polish woman and injured 29 others at Berlin's Christopher Street Day parade on Saturday night. Security services had assessed him as high-risk but reduced surveillance and did not inform the court that the Joint Counter-Terrorism Center believed he could carry out an attack.
- Jul 26
Berlin police shoot dead suspect in Pride parade attack that killed one and injured 29
Abdul Ballout, 21, was tracked to a community garden in Spandau on Sunday and shot after charging officers with a knife. The attack on the Christopher Street Day parade left one woman dead and 29 injured.
