Germany: Merz vows to punish 'horrific act' after attack near Berlin Pride

Berlin Pride on edge as government vows to punish car-ramming attackers

Last updated: July 27, 2026 | 04:14

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Police officers walk with automatic weapons in an allotment complex in the western Spandau district of Berlin on July 26, 2026, in a garden area near the scene where the chief suspect in the previous nights' deadly attack near Berlin's Pride parade has been shot dead.

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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz vowed Sunday to punish the perpetrators of a car-ramming attack that killed one person and injured several others on the fringes of Berlin's Gay Pride parade.

Merz said in a statement that he and Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt would "push to make sure this horrific act is fully investigated and punished".

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