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1 dead, several injured after vehicle drives into crowd during Berlin LGBTQ celebrations

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ByFelix Franz, Jamie Dorrington, and Ivan Pereira

July 25, 2026, 11:17 PM

Police in Berlin said a manhunt was underway after a vehicle drove into a crowd during the city's LGBTQ celebrations Saturday, killing one person and injuring several others.

Berlin Police told ABC News that one person has died and 17 others were injured in the incident at Tiergarten Park, including several with life-threatening injuries.

PHOTO: GERMANY-LGBTQ+-PARADE-CSD-POLICE — Police and security personnel work near the scene where several people were injured on the sideline of the Christopher Street Day (CSD) parade in Berlin, on July 25, 2026, potentially hit by a car, police told AFP. "We believe that a vehicle entered the Tiergarten park and hit several people and injured them," police posted on social media. The injured were being treated by the emergency services and they were actively seeking the people responsible, they added.
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"We are conducting an intensive search for possible suspects," a police officer said in a short video released on the Berlin police account on X.

Police said the driver of a white vehicle struck people on a footpath in the park in central Berlin shortly before 10 p.m. local time.

PHOTO: Germany Pride — People stand on 17 June Street following the cancellation of Christopher Street Day in Berlin, on Saturday, July 25, 2026.
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Hundreds of thousands of people had come to Berlin on Saturday to celebrate Christopher Street Day, one of Europe's largest LGBTQ+ celebrations, the Associated Press reported.

PHOTO: GERMANY-LGBTQ+-PARADE-CSD-POLICE — Emergency personnel and police work near the scene where one person was killed and around 15 injured after a car is believed to have hit the crowd on the outskirts of the Christopher Street Day (CSD) parade in Berlin, on July 25, 2026.
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The police called off the rest of the celebrations for the night after the incident at the park.

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