Car Crashes Into Crowded LGBTQ+ Event in Berlin, Leaving 1 Dead and 14 Injured

A car drove into a crowd at an LGBTQ+ event in Berlin, Germany, where hundreds of thousands of people had gathered on the 25th (local time), leaving at least one person dead and 14 others injured, major foreign media outlets reported.

According to police, at around 10 p.m. that day, a white van entered the Tiergarten park in Berlin near the route where participants of the Christopher Street Day (CSD) event had been marching, struck several people, and then crashed into a tree.

Some of the injured are in critical condition with severe injuries.

The victims are receiving treatment from emergency response teams dispatched to the scene.

The exact motive for the crime and the identity of the suspect have not yet been confirmed, and police are currently tracking down the suspect.

Florian Nath, a police spokesperson, said in a video posted on the Berlin police account on X (formerly Twitter) that an intensive search is underway to find the primary suspects.

The suspect abandoned the vehicle and fled the scene.

Police told AFP that a vehicle presumed to have been involved in the incident was found abandoned.

Following the accident, police and organizers completely canceled the event for safety reasons.

Police urged participants to immediately leave the event venue and return home, and cordoned off the area where casualties occurred.

(Photo: AP, Yonhap News)
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