Berlin Pride attack suspect killed by police after knife charge, authorities say
Berlin police say the 21-year-old suspect in a deadly Pride festival attack died after rushing officers with a weapon during his arrest.
By Deshawn Carter · Sports Writer
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The Berlin Pride attack suspect was shot and killed Sunday after he allegedly ran at officers with a knife during an arrest attempt, authorities said, capping a weekend manhunt after a deadly assault near Brandenburg Gate.
Berlin police said the 21-year-old was found at 6 p.m. local time at an allotment garden complex in the Spandau district. Authorities said members of the city’s special police unit, known as SEK, opened fire after he rushed them with a weapon.
Firefighters tried to revive him, but he died at the scene, police said.
What happened in the Berlin Pride attack?
Authorities have accused the suspect of driving a vehicle into a crowd and attacking people with a bladed weapon near Brandenburg Gate on Saturday night. A woman was killed and 29 other people were injured, according to authorities.
Police identified the suspect as Abdul B., 21. Officials described him as a “radicalized” member of “Islamist circles” in Berlin.
Maine Democrats pick a new Senate nominee
In U.S. politics, delegates at a Maine Democratic Party convention in Bangor selected former state Senate President Troy Jackson on Saturday as their new nominee for U.S. Senate, according to NBC News.
The party moved to replace Graham Platner, who had won the primary but ended his campaign earlier this month after a sexual assault allegation, which he denied. Jackson now enters a 101-day race against longtime Republican Sen. Susan Collins, who is seeking a sixth term.
NBC News reported that Democrats need a net gain of four seats to win Senate control this fall. Maine is a key target for the party because Collins is the only Republican senator representing a state Donald Trump lost in 2024.
Iran war questions hit Washington
Mike Waltz, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, told NBC News’ “Meet the Press” that the U.S. military has “everything that it needs” for operations against Iran.
Waltz was responding to an NBC News report that U.S. commanders are allowing some Iranian attacks through U.S. defenses to preserve Pentagon weapons supplies. He rejected concerns about depleted stockpiles and said leakers behind the reporting “deserve to be in jail.”
Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., told “Meet the Press” he had not decided whether he would vote for supplemental funding for the war effort. He said the military funding request was “not reasonable.”
NBC News also reported that the conflict broadened over the weekend, even as U.S. strikes paused, with Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis attacking Saudi oil installations along the Red Sea and Tehran accusing Ukraine of targeting an Iranian vessel in the Caspian Sea.
Wildfires force mass evacuations in Europe
Wildfires pushed toward the outskirts of Bordeaux on Sunday as France and Spain fought blazes that authorities said forced nearly 300,000 people from their homes.
Authorities said about 220,000 people were evacuated in France. In Spain, more than 75,000 people fled, while another 30,000 were ordered to shelter in place.
In France, fires burned across the Cap Ferret peninsula on the Atlantic coast and moved toward Bordeaux, the country’s famous wine hub. In Spain, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez visited fire-hit areas in Ávila, one of three central provinces hit by major blazes along with Madrid and Toledo, where more than 174 square miles have burned.
Other major weekend stories
- Owasso police said influencer Sara Gilson, 43, was fatally shot in Oklahoma by her estranged husband, Jeremiah Duffey, less than two weeks after she accused him of pedophilia in a TikTok post. Police said officers found both dead from apparent gunshot wounds to the head.
- India’s Cockroach Janta Party called off nationwide protests after the country’s education minister resigned and the government agreed to several demands, according to NBC News.
- Federal officials are investigating a reported incident in San Diego in which a man appeared to kick and harass a protected sea lion on a city-operated beach.
- Law enforcement said eight people, including six children, were found dead in a Michigan home after a fire, with some victims suffering gunshot wounds.
This story draws on original reporting from NBC News.