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>One person has died and at least 16 others have been injured at a Berlin Pride event after a vehicle was driven into a crowd in the city centre.
>The suspect has been named by police as 21-year-old Abdul B, who they say is known to have connections to Islamist circles. German media outlets are reporting he is a supporter of Islamic State group (IS).
>An intensive manhunt is still under way, which has expanded to the entire city. The annual pride event, also known as Christopher Street Day, has been cancelled.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said in a statement he would "make sure this horrific act is fully investigated and punished".
>"We believe that a vehicle entered the Tiergarten park and hit several people and injured them," police posted on social media.
Revellers were celebrating the finale of the Christopher Street Day celebrations in front of the Brandenburg Gate, which backs onto the large park in central Berlin, when the incident took place.
>Eyewitnesses said a white van sped into a crowd of people in the Tiergarten shortly after 22:00 local time, according to local media.
>Witnesses said they saw a car driving "very quickly" into the crowd and heard screams as people ran into Tiergarten park trying to hide.
A police spokesperson told media at the scene that after driving into the area, the vehicle "came to a standstill after hitting a tree here in the Tiergarten".
>The vehicle was later found abandoned there, police told AFP.
>Emergency responders treated the injured nearby, including some with life-threatening injuries, according to police.
>Images showed a large emergency services presence at the scene, with one person seen being carried into an ambulance on a stretcher.
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