Attack on the sidelines of CSD: What is known about the suspect Abdul B.

German authorities have identified the suspect in Saturday's attack at Berlin's Christopher Street Day (CSD) as 21-year-old Abdul B. Police fatally shot the suspect on Sunday evening in a garden colony in Spandau after a manhunt.

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And that is exactly the criteria where we realize we cannot really get to the person.

The incident occurred when B. allegedly drove a white van into a crowd near the Potsdamer Platz, striking several people before the vehicle crashed into a tree. Federal Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt stated that the perpetrator then reportedly attacked passersby with a machete. The attack resulted in one woman's death and left 29 others injured, though police reported on Sunday afternoon that the critically wounded were no longer in life-threatening danger.

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to travel from there to Syria and join IS

Abdul B., a German citizen of Lebanese descent born in Berlin in 2005, had a history of radicalization and ties to the Islamist scene. He was convicted in 2022 for assault and robbery. In 2025, he made multiple attempts to join the Islamic State, traveling through Turkey to Mauritania and later to Lebanon with the intention of reaching Syria. He was arrested and sentenced to three months in prison in Lebanon for inciting religious and sectarian conflicts. Upon his return to Germany on November 17, 2025, he was rearrested and held in pre-trial detention for months.

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incitement to religious and sectarian conflicts