Berlin police have named the suspect as Abdul B., a 21-year-old man with a "slim build" and black hair. He is wearing a black hoodie and white trousers, they say.

He is alleged to have injured several people in the Tiergarten area and is a fugitive, a statement reads.

"One or more people are believed to have subsequently fled the vehicle," police continue.

"Furthermore, several people are reported to have been injured with stabbing weapons," they add.

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If you're just joining us, here's what you need to know about the incident at Berlin Pride on Saturday night.

What we know

• A white vehicle was driven into the crowd at a Berlin Pride event on Saturday at 22:00 local time
• One person has died and another 16 were injured at the Tiergarten park
• Police described the vehicle as "akin to a minivan or small SUV" and said they had found it abandoned in Tiergarten, where it appeared to have crashed into a tree, a spokesperson told AFP

• Police are conducting an intensive manhunt across Berlin and have asked witnesses to send in photographs or videos
• The search area includes the whole of Berlin, with thousands of police deployed and using helicopters and thermal imaging cameras

• They have identified a suspect as a male "known" to them and "associated with the Islamist spectrum" - but he has not yet been apprehended
• The mayor of Berlin, Kai Wegner, called the incident, "an attack on our free and open-minded society"
• German Chancellor Friedrich Merz called it a "horrific act". He promised to fully investigate and punish the perpetrator

What we don't know

• The motivation or identity of the driver

• Whether other suspects were involved
• Why the suspect was already known to police

In a statement published on social media, Berlin Police say they have identified a suspect who is a man and was known to police. They describe him as being "associated with the Islamist spectrum".

They have not made an arrest or suggested a motive, and a search is still under way.

Jared Reed, a reporter at DW based in Berlin, tells the BBC News Channel that thousands of police are searching for the suspect or suspects "in a very large part of central Berlin."

German newspaper Welt reported that more than 2,200 police officers had been deployed since the event began on Saturday morning.

Saturday night's events come after several incidents involving cars being driven into crowds recent years:

• Two people were killed and 22 injured in an incident in Liepzig this May
• Another two people were killed in Mannheim and five others seriously injured when a car drove into a pedestrian area in May 2025
• In February that year, two were killed and at least 30 were injured in a ramming attack in Munich
• In 2024, six people were killed in when a man drove a car into a Christmas market in Magdeburg
• A teacher was killed and 14 students injured in Berlin in 2022 when a German-Armenian man drove into a shopping district
• A baby was among the five people killed in Trier during a ramming attack in 2020
• In February that year, a man was imprisoned for life after injuring almost 60 people in Volksmarsen

The finale of the parade for Christopher Street Day takes place in front of the Brandenburg gate, which backs onto the Tiergarten park.

It is a leafy oasis in central Berlin, larger than London's Hyde Park but smaller than Central Park in New York.

But this evening, a vehicle was driven into people gathered in the park, police said.

When it happened, people ran into the park to try and hide, Eva Baungart, a reporter at Berliner Zeitung, tells the BBC.

The vehicle was later found abandoned there, police told AFP.

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Berlin fire department spokesperson Dominik Pretz tells AFP that around 30 people were treated for shock at the scene.

Pictures taken in Berlin show people, wrapped in reflective foil blankets, consoling each other.

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Police have been using helicopters and thermal-imaging cameras to track down the suspect or suspects involved in the incident, a spokesperson tells AFP.

Now, they have expanded their search to the whole city, Florian Nath says.

He has also given details about the suspected vehicle involved, saying it was "akin to a minivan or small SUV".

A spokesperson for the police has told reporters at the scene they have identified a suspected perpetrator.

The person has not yet been arrested but measures are under way, the spokesperson says.

They are known to the police as a member of "Berlin's Islamist scene", the spokesperson says.

"We have now identified a suspected perpetrator. Measures against this suspected perpetrator, who has not yet been arrested, are underway. However, this suspected perpetrator is known to the police as a member of the Islamist scene here in Berlin," the spokesperson told reporters.

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The event is held annually in Berlin and typically about 1 million people were expected, according to the city.

It commemorates the first known uprising among the LGBT community in New York City in 1969 at the Stonewall Inn, which is located on Christopher Street. Residents rioted and protested after a police raid at the inn, which later was made a landmark.

The event in Berlin includes musical performances, political speeches, and a huge parade in the city, which ended near the park, and then a series of events and celebrations into the evening.

The vehicle police suspect was involved in the incident was found abandoned in Tiergarten park, police have told Agence France Presse.

Jared Reid, a reporter at DW, told the BBC news channel that the vehicle appeared to have crashed into a tree, before the driver likely got out and ran.

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In a post on X, Polizei Berlin have put out a call for evidence.

They have requested that witnesses send in videos and photos that they personally took for further investigation.

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James Jackson, an independent journalist in Berlin, was at the event.

He told BBC News: "The whole pride event was evacuated by the Brandenburg Gate, the legendary landmark of Berlin, it actually had 'evacuation' written in big letters, so the police have had to do a major operation because of this, I’ve never seen something quite like it."Photographs from earlier in the day show people dressed up and celebrating in front of the gates and pride flags flying.

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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has now commented on the incident.

He called it a "horrific act" and promised to fully investigate the incident and punish the perpetrator, according to local media.

Berliner Zeitung reports that Merz is in close contact with Federal Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt and is being "kept constantly informed" by security authorities.

The mayor of Berlin, Kai Wegner, has called the incident, "an attack on our free and open-minded society".

In a post in X, Wegner continued, "Berlin is a city of freedom—and today, our freedom has been attacked in the most horrific way. My thoughts are with the victims, their families, and their friends. I thank the emergency responders who were immediately on the scene and did everything in their power to help. And I have confidence in the police and security authorities, who will be investigating with the utmost urgency."

We can bring you a new update now from Berlin police on social media, confirming one person is dead and 16 others are injured.

Some of those have life-threatening injuries, they add.

They have set up a hotline, external for relatives as the investigation continues.

One person is dead and at least 14 others are injured after a car was driven into a crowd at a Berlin Pride event, police say.

Authorities earlier said there is an active manhunt for one or more suspects in the incident, adding some injuries were life-threatening.

Stay with us while you bring you the latest.

Eva Braungart, a reporter at Berliner Zeitung, has just been speaking to BBC News.

She was at the event but left before the car drove into the crowd.

She has spoken to witnesses who were there, who said they saw a car driving "very quickly" into the crowd, they heard screams, and that people were panicking, with some running into Tiergarten park and trying to hide.

Police have closed the area near the Tiergarten park, where they say a car drove into people at a pride event.

Earlier in the day, the area was filled with people wearing rainbow garb, waving flags and signs and celebrating the LGBT community.

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Michael Steininger
Reporting from Berlin

The Pride parade in Berlin has been called off after an incident in the city centre. Berlin police said on social media that a "major police operation" was underway on the edge of the Tiergarten park, close to the iconic Brandenburg Gate.

Sirens can be heard all over the area. Police and emergency responders are attending to a significant number of injured people, several of them with life threatening injuries.

Initial reports suggest that a car may have driven into the crowd, a police spokesperson said. He added that police were currently looking intensely for potential perpetrators involved in the incident.

Local media cite eyewitnesses who report that a white van sped into a crowd of people in the Tiergarten shortly after 22:00 local time. Organisers asked the public on social media and on screens at the event to leave the area in a calm and orderly fashion.

A screen at Brandenburg Gate said: “Evacuation.”

The annual Berlin Pride march, also referred to as Christopher Street Day, attracts hundreds of thousands of people, demonstrating for and celebrating the rights of queer communities. It is the biggest of a series of similar events all across Germany.