Suspect in Berlin Pride attack shot dead during operation, police say
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People gather around flowers, mementos and candles left by people at the Brandenburg Gate, after a deadly incident in which a vehicle crashed into a crowd near Berlin's annual Christopher Street Day Pride parade on Saturday evening, leaving multiple peopl
BERLIN, July 26 (Reuters) - Berlin police shot dead the suspect being sought over the Pride attack in the German capital, they said on X, after he tried to attack them with a bladed weapon at an allotment garden complex in the suburb of Spandau.
"According to initial findings, he ran towards officers while armed with a bladed weapon; police subsequently opened fire. Despite immediate resuscitation efforts by the Berlin fire department, he died at the scene," they wrote.
(Writing by Miranda Murray)
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