A car drove into a crowd during Berlin’s famed LGBTQ+ parade on Saturday and injured several people, prompting police to call off the event in the German capital hours after it had begun.
Police said some of the victims had life-threatening injuries.
Authorities used a post on X to urge all attendees to immediately leave the event – known locally as Christopher Street Day- premises.
A short while later, police clarified that a vehicle had entered Tiergarten park, situated near the planned route of the pride march, striking multiple individuals.
“We are searching intensively for suspects,” police said.
“We are conducting an intensive search for possible suspects,” a police officer said on a short video released on the Berlin police account on X.
While the precise number of those injured was not disclosed, nor the exact count of officers deployed, police confirmed a “definitely a lot of police” presence at the scene.
Hundreds of thousands had converged on Berlin for the parade, which stands as one of Europe’s largest LGBTQ+ celebrations.
This is a developing story. More to follow.
