Berlin CSD: Latest in string of deadly vehicle attacks
The attack at a Berlin Pride event is only the most recent incident on a long list where vehicles were used as weapons. The US
The attack at a Berlin Pride event is only the most recent incident on a long list where vehicles were used as weapons. The US, Canada, and China also saw similar attacks in recent years. Berlin, Germany, July 25, 2026 A Christopher Street Day event in the German capital, which attracts thousands of people every year, was attacked on Saturday night by a 21-year-old suspect who police said was associated with the "Islamist scene" in Berlin. One person was killed and another 16 people were injured, while the suspect, named as Abdul B., fled the scene. Leipzig, Germany, May 4, 2026 Two people were killed and 20 more injured in early May when a car drove through a crowd in the eastern German city of Leipzig. The suspect in the case was described as a 33-year-old German national and local resident, who had been known to police, though not for relevant offenses. Mannheim, Germany, March 3, 2025 At least two people were killed and several were injured in the southwestern German city of Mannheim in 2025 when a motorist intentionally drove his car into a crowd of people, according to police and public prosecutors. Authorities identified the suspect as a 40-year-old German man. Law enforcement ruled out a political motive at the time, though the man had paid a fine under Germany's hate crime laws for a comment he made on a social media platform in 2018. Munich, Germany, February 13, 2025 A 37-year-old woman and her two-year-old daughter were killed in Munich in February last year when a car was rammed into a demonstration organized by the trade union Verdi. A 25-year-old Afghan man subsequently went on trial for their murder, as well as the attempted murder of the dozens of other people injured in the attack. New Orleans, United States, January 1, 2025 A vehicle plowed into a crowd of New Orleans revelers early on New Year's Day 2025, killing at least 10 people and injuring dozens of others.
The driver of the vehicle and two police officers were killed in a firefight soon after the attack, which took place at about 3:15 in the morning local time. The FBI said it was investigating the incident as an act of terrorism. Magdeburg, Germany, December 20, 2024 At least six people died and more than 300 were injured when a man slammed a rented BMW SUV into a Christmas market in eastern Germany. The suspect, who was arrested at the scene, was a 50-year-old doctor originally from Saudi Arabia who had expressed anti-Muslim views and support for the far-right AfD party. The suspect in the Magdeburg attack is alleged to have hired a BMW SUV to carry it out Image: Axel Schmidt/REUTERS Zhuhai, China, November 11, 2024 A 62-year-old driver rammed a small SUV into people exercising at a sports complex in southern China on November 11, 2024, killing 38 people in the country's deadliest act of mass homicide in years. Another 48 were injured. Authorities said the perpetrator was upset about his divorce but offered few other details about his motive. The man was detained and sentenced to death, and executed in January 2025. London, Canada, June 6, 2021 Four members of a Muslim family who were out for a walk were killed when an attacker hit them with a pickup truck in what then Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called "a terrorist attack, motivated by hatred." The 23-year-old white nationalist attacker was sentenced to life in prison. The London Ontario attacker killed four members of the same family and united the Muslim community in grief Image: Ian Willms/Getty Images Toronto, Canada, April 23, 2018 A 25-year-old Canadian man drove a rented van into mostly female pedestrians on the main thoroughfare in Toronto, killing 10 people and injuring 16.
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