BERLIN, July 25 (Xinhua) -- One person was killed and 14 others were injured after a car drove into a crowd at a large Pride celebration in central Berlin on Saturday evening, a police spokesperson said.
The incident occurred during the Christopher Street Day (CSD) parade, Berlin's largest Pride celebration. Police said on social media platform X that shortly before 10 p.m. local time (2000 GMT), the driver of a white vehicle drove into the crowd, causing multiple casualties, including several life-threatening injuries.
The event was called off and the area was cordoned off as a major police operation got underway. Numerous police officers, firefighters and emergency medical personnel were deployed to the scene, where the injured were being treated.
Police said an intensive search was underway for one or more suspects. The motive and circumstances of the incident remained under investigation. ■