Berlin Pride Car-Ramming Attack: 1 Killed, 17 Injured Amid String of Similar Incidents in Germany

One person was killed and 17 injured when a car ploughed into a crowd amid Berlin Pride celebrations on Saturday evening. The city’s fire brigade said that three of those injured were in critical condition, while eight were seriously injured. Police are hunting for a 21-year-old man, identified as Abdul B, a member of Berlin’s “Islamist scene”. The attack is just the latest in a series of vehicle-ramming incidents throughout Germany. Awareness of such attacks has been heightened since a 2016 ramming at Berlin’s Breitscheidplatz Christmas market, which killed 11 people. German police often issue security alerts around public gatherings, Christmas markets, carnival events, and demonstrations. Here are the major car-ramming attacks in Germany in the past 10 years. Leipzig, May 2026 Two people were killed and three others seriously injured when a car drove into a central pedestrian zone in Leipzig. Police arrested a 33-year-old German man, and Saxony's premier said the suspect may have been suffering from mental health problems. Mannheim, March 2025 Two people were killed and 11 others injured when a 40-year-old man drove a car into a group of pedestrians in Mannheim. Prosecutors said there were indications the act was deliberate but found no evidence of a political or religious motive, adding that the suspect may have been mentally unwell. Munich, February 2025 A 24-year-old Afghan national allegedly drove a car into a labour union demonstration in Munich, killing a woman and her 2-year-old daughter and injuring dozens of others. German federal prosecutors have charged him with two counts of murder and multiple counts of attempted murder, saying the attack was motivated by Islamist extremism. The suspect is currently on trial. Magdeburg, December 2024 Six people were killed and more than 200 injured when a car ploughed into a Christmas market in Magdeburg. A Saudi national was sentenced to life imprisonment in June 2026. Prosecutors said he acted out of frustration linked to a civil dispute and cited anti-Islamic views and far-right sympathies. Berlin, June 2022 A 29-year-old German-Armenian man drove into a crowd in a busy Berlin shopping district, killing a teacher and injuring 14 of her students after mounting the pavement. Prosecutors later said evidence found during a search of his home pointed to suspected paranoid schizophrenia. Trier, December 2020 Five people, including a nine-week-old baby, were killed and up to 15 injured when a drunken 51-year-old German drove through a pedestrian area in the western city of Trier. Volkmarsen, February 2020 A man drove his car into a carnival parade in the western town of Volkmarsen, injuring dozens of people, including 20 children. He was later sentenced to life imprisonment after a court found he had acted deliberately and with the intention to kill. Berlin, December 2016 Anis Amri, a failed Tunisian asylum seeker with Islamist links, hijacked a truck, killed its driver and then drove it into a crowded Christmas market in Berlin, killing 11 more people and injuring dozens. He was shot dead by police in Italy four days later.