Overview
- A vehicle attacker identified as Abdul B. drove into the crowd at the edge of Berlin’s Christopher Street Day, killing one woman and injuring at least 31 people on 25 July.
- Police found the suspect the next day in a garden hut in Berlin‑Spandau and approached with lights, siren and repeated announcements of “Polizei.”
- When the hut door was opened the suspect allegedly lunged at an officer holding a roughly 10‑centimetre knife and two other officers fired at his body.
- Officials say three shots struck the attacker—one through the left upper arm into the chest and two below the left shoulder blade—additional rounds were fired at the door lock and frame, and an officer who is also a paramedic attempted resuscitation that failed.
- The Berlin public prosecutor’s major‑crimes unit and the LKA’s 8th homicide commission investigated the shooting and formally closed the proceedings on 9 August because they saw no sufficient suspicion, a decision that ends the prospect of criminal charges while keeping questions about policing at large public events in public debate.