Van slams into people gathered for Berlin's LGBTQ+ event, killing 1 and injuring at least 16

BERLIN — A van slammed into people gathered for Berlin’s famed LGBTQ+ event on Saturday night, killing one person, injuring at least 16 others and prompting police to call off the celebrations and a concert in the German capital hours after they had begun.

Police said some of the victims had life-threatening injuries.

In a post on X, police called on everyone to leave the site of the event immediately as ambulances and firefighters attended to the victims. “We are conducting an intensive search for possible suspects,” police officer Florian Nath said on a short video released on the Berlin police account on X. Police spokesperson Alexander Klute told The Associated Press later that “at this point, we don’t know anything about possible motives, the identity of the perpetrator or the perpetrators, or anything of that nature.” White van hit people in Tiergarten park According to police, a white van had driven into the Tiergarten park around 10 p.m., which is next to the route that the pride march had passed along earlier, and hit several people before colliding with a tree.

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