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Calls for political consequences after Berlin Pride attack

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Warner Poland
July 27, 2026

Pressure is mounting on security and justice authorities as Germany grapples with the question how a radicalized extremist, who was known to police as dangerous, had the opportunity to launch a deadly attack on the Berlin Pride.

Germany's Chancellor Friedrich Merz has promised action following Saturday's deadly car attack at Berlin's Pride celebrations. Merz has added his voice to mounting criticism of a judiciary system that allowed the man suspected of driving a van into a crowd, to go free, despite multiple convictions. The suspect, named as Abdul B, was killed in a confrontation with police on Sunday. His most recent guilty verdict was in May for an offense called "preparing a serious act of violence endangering the state." 

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