Berlin Attack Suspect Linked to IS

PHOTO CAPTION: People visit a makeshift memorial at Tiergarten park, after a deadly attack in which a vehicle crashed into a crowd near Berlin's annual Christopher Street Day Pride parade on Saturday evening, leaving one dead and multiple others injured, in Berlin, Germany, July 28, 2026. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner

BERLIN, July 28 — The suspect in the deadly vehicle attack near Berlin’s Pride celebration left a video on his phone pledging allegiance to Islamic State, German prosecutors said Tuesday.

The person in the recording was masked, but authorities believe the video shows 21-year-old German citizen Abdul Ballout, a spokesperson for the federal prosecutors’ office said.

The spokesperson did not say when the video was recorded.

Ballout was shot dead by police Sunday following a nationwide manhunt.

Authorities suspect he drove a vehicle into crowds in Tiergarten park near the Brandenburg Gate late Saturday.

A Polish woman in her 60s was killed, and 29 people were injured.

Germany’s interior minister announced a security overhaul Monday as the attack prompted debate over why Ballout had been released under the supervision of a probation officer rather than remaining in prison.

Ballout had been convicted in May of preparing a serious act of violence endangering the state and sentenced to prison.

(Source: Reuters)