Several people were injured at Berlin Pride on Saturday after reports that a vehicle drove into a crowd near Tiergarten park. Police said emergency services treated the injured at the scene while they urged people to avoid the area.
The incident came after huge crowds had already taken part in a parade throughout Berlin earlier on Saturday. That parade later ended near Tiergarten park for a series of events in the evening, turning a major public gathering into an emergency response zone.
Berlin Police response
Police said an intensive manhunt was under way and that Christopher Street Day was cancelled. Police also posted that they believed a vehicle entered Tiergarten park and hit several people, adding a complication to the initial reports that a vehicle had driven into a crowd in the city centre.
The difference between those descriptions matters operationally for anyone near the area: one account places the incident at the edge of the park, while the other describes a crowd strike in the city centre. For people attending Berlin Pride, the practical instruction was straightforward — stay away from the area and follow police directions.
Tiergarten park and Berlin Pride
Berlin Pride draws large crowds, and the event was already moving into its evening program when the injuries were reported. The cancellation of Christopher Street Day meant the planned gathering stopped after the parade had ended near Tiergarten park.
Several people were being treated by emergency services near Tiergarten park, but police did not add more detail in the facts available here about the number injured or their condition. The remaining urgent issue is the one police left open with their response: whether the vehicle entry was accidental or deliberate, and whether the manhunt leads to an identified suspect.
