Emergency personnel are likely to an individual on a stretcher following the cancellation of Christopher Avenue Day in Berlin on Saturday, July 25, 2026.
Andreas Rabenstein/DPA through AP
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Andreas Rabenstein/DPA through AP
At the least one individual is useless and a number of other individuals are injured after a car drove right into a crowd at an LGBTQ+ occasion in Berlin, Germany on Saturday.
A driver in white car struck a number of folks earlier than 10:00 p.m. native time, in accordance with Berlin police. At the least 17 individuals are injured and a number of other have life threatening accidents, in accordance with Berlin police. They’re looking for a number of suspects, the police additionally mentioned.
The incident occurred in Tiergarten Park, one of many largest parks in Berlin, the place an LGBTQ+ celebration was going down.
Kai Wegner, the governing mayor of Berlin, on Saturday known as the incident an “assault on our free and cosmopolitan society.”
“Berlin is the town of freedom – and our freedom has been horribly attacked at the moment,” Wegner mentioned in a put up on social media. “My ideas are with the victims, their households, and buddies… And I’ve confidence within the police and safety authorities, who will examine with the utmost urgency.”
Earlier within the day, a whole bunch marched by means of Berlin to advocate for LGBTQ+ rights in the course of the annual Christopher Avenue Day Parade, a delight parade.
