HUFFPOST - Trump-And-Putin Stunt Becomes Amsterdam Pride Talking Point
Organizers said they did not want “to provoke, but to pause power for a moment and highlight something human.”
Organizers said they did not want “to provoke, but to pause power for a moment and highlight something human.”
Suspect had a criminal background, was ‘radicalized’
German police shot and killed a convicted terrorist who once tried to join the Islamic State after he plowed a van into crowds at Berlin’s […] Source
By Andrea Widburg The fact that he was a known radical Islamist just wasn’t enough for the Berlin police to reach a conclusion.
A German citizen with known ties to Islamic extremist circles drove a van into a crowd near Berlin's Pride festival, killing one woman and injuring 29 others, an attack Germany's interior minister called an act of Islamic terror. The white van plowed into Tiergarten park near the Brandenburg Gate around 10 p.m. Saturday as hundreds […] The post Suspected Islamic extremist kills one, injures 29 in van attack at Berlin Pride festival appeared first on American Almanac .
A German citizen with known ties to Islamic extremist circles drove a van into a crowd near Berlin's Pride festival, killing one woman and injuring 29 others, an attack Germany's interior minister called an act of Islamic terror. The white van plowed into Tiergarten park near the Brandenburg Gate around 10 p.m. Saturday as hundreds of thousands of people gathered for the final hours of Berlin's Christopher Street Day celebration. The vehicle struck several people before slamming into a tree. The suspect then fled on foot, and authorities say he also attacked people with a suspected machete before disappearing into the city. One woman died. Three others sustained life-threatening injuries. Eight more were seriously hurt, and the total…Open
The police said they were searching for a 21-year-old man with links to local Islamist groups, and investigating the crime as a possible act of terrorism.
The hunt for a 21-year-old man with links to local Islamic groups began early Sunday. The police said they were investigating the attack as a possible act of terrorism.
Police asked for information about the whereabouts of a 21-year-old man.
A search is underway for one or two suspects, according to Berlin police.