A video recorded two days before the Berlin Pride vehicle ramming allegedly shows the suspect, Abdul B., saying he was deported to Turkey and would re-enter Germany through Bulgaria. In other videos, he allegedly threatened to attack German police officers and Germans, according to Israeli media reports. The attack on Saturday left one dead and at least 16 wounded; the suspect remains at large.
New video evidence emerged on Sunday indicating that the suspect in the Berlin Pride vehicle ramming, Abdul B., allegedly threatened to attack German police in videos recorded before the attack. According to Israeli media reports citing German authorities, a video recorded two days before the incident shows the suspect stating he was deported to Turkey and planned to re-enter Germany through Bulgaria. In other videos, he allegedly threatened to attack German police officers and Germans.
The attack occurred on Saturday evening when a vehicle drove into crowds at Berlin Pride in the Tiergarten area, killing one person and wounding at least 16 others. The suspect remains at large. The Zioneer reported in a series of updates starting at 23:44 Jerusalem Saturday that police had identified the suspect as Abdul B., a 21-year-old linked to the Islamist scene, and that authorities were treating the incident as a terror attack. The suspect was previously known to police and had been released from youth prison in May, according to reports.
The Zioneer has previously reported on Islamist terror threats in Germany, including a 15-year-old boy charged with planning a synagogue attack (July 21) and a Hamas plot to attack Jewish targets in Europe (July 22). The new video footage adds to the picture of the suspect's mindset prior to the ramming, but the source of the videos and their chain of custody have not been independently verified. The investigation continues.
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