Authorities in Germany issue a wanted notice for suspect in Berlin Pride van ramming

Berlin Mayor Kai Wegner on Saturday expressed shock after a van slammed into people gathered for Berlin’s famed LGBTQ+ event, killing one person and injuring at least 16 others. (AP Video/Fanny Brodersen)

Hundreds of thousands of people joined Berlin’s annual Christopher Street Day (CDS) parade on Saturday, with organizers saying this year’s event came at a time of growing concern over attacks on LGBTQ+ rights. The parade attracted several hundred thousand participants, with around 300 volunteers and 70 awareness staff deployed along the route. (AP Video: Fanny Brodersen)

A van drove into a crowd during Berlin’s famed LGBTQ+ event on Saturday, killing one person and injuring at least 16, prompting police to call off the celebrations and a concert in the German capital hours after it had begun (AP Video/Fanny Brodersen)

Two people embrace near others wearing thermal blankets as they stand near emergency personnel in Berlin, early Sunday, July 26, 2026, following the cancellation of Christopher Street Day festivities. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Emergency personnel and police gather in Berlin, early Sunday, July 26, 2026, following the cancellation of Christopher Street Day festivities. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Two people walk together past emergency vehicles in Berlin, early Sunday, July 26, 2026, following the cancellation of Christopher Street Day festivities. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Emergency personnel and police gather in Berlin, early Sunday, July 26, 2026, following the cancellation of Christopher Street Day festivities. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Two people walk together past emergency vehicles in Berlin, early Sunday, July 26, 2026, following the cancellation of Christopher Street Day festivities. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

BERLIN (AP) — German authorities on Sunday issued a wanted notice for a fugitive suspect in the van ramming near Berlin’s Pride festival that left one person dead and injured at least 16 others.

Police and prosecutors asked for help in finding the 21-year-old, whom they identified as Abdul B.

They said he is believed to have injured several people with a moving vehicle, and that one or more people apparently then left that vehicle. Several people were also apparently stabbed, they added.

Sunday’s notice warned the public to avoid “direct contact” with the suspect, saying that he may be armed and dangerous.

Police had said earlier that they had identified a suspect who has ties to Islamic groups in the German capital.

“The suspect is known to police. He is known to us as a member of Islamic circles here in Berlin, and our search for this person is proceeding at full speed,” police spokesperson Florian Nath said.

Nath added that “we still have no information whatsoever regarding his specific motives, the exact sequence of events, or his role in the crime itself.”