German Chancellor Friedrich Merz vowed Sunday to punish the perpetrators of a car-ramming attack that killed one person and injured several others on the fringes of Berlin's Gay Pride parade.
At least one person has been killed, and around 15 wounded, police said on Saturday.
"We believe that a vehicle entered the Tiergarten park and hit several people and injured them," police posted on social media, later adding that they were hunting for the occupants of the car.
Merz said in a statement that he and Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt would "push to make sure this horrific act is fully investigated and punished".
The mayor of Berlin said "freedom has come under attack in the most horrific way".
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Kai Wegner said in a post on X that the "gathering for a tolerant and peaceful Berlin has been most brutally attacked".
Police spokesman Florian Nath said some of the survivors were "seriously" injured and are being treated by emergency services.
Car found abandoned
Police told AFP they had found the car they thought had been involved in the incident abandoned.
The Gay Pride event was cut short, and police told participants to "Go home, please" and sealed off the area where the people were injured.
An eyewitness by the main Pride stage at Brandenburg Gate said the crowd complied with the request to leave and head away from the park shortly at around 11:00 pm.
The program at the main stage had been scheduled to continue until midnight.
An AFP journalist in the area saw at least 10 emergency service vehicles at the scene and a tent set up in the road.
Police officers could be seen patrolling the huge area of the park.
Earlier Saturday, hundreds of thousands of people took part in the event, called Christopher Street Day in Germany.
The march ended next to the Brandenburg Gate, which has been the venue for concerts since Friday.
Germany has in recent years seen several violent attacks at public spaces, including a stabbing in February 2025 at Berlin's Holocaust memorial, a stone's throw from the scene of Saturday's incident.
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