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A person is killed and several are injured at Berlin’s LGBTQ+ march when a car drives into the crowd
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Send this page to someone via emailA motorist drove their car into a crowd during Berlin’s famed LGBTQ+ parade on Saturday, killing one person and injuring at least 15, prompting police to call off the event in the German capital hours after it had begun.
According to police, a car had driven into the Tiergarten park, near the route of the pride march, hitting several people.
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Story continues below advertisementHundreds of thousands of people had come to Berlin on Saturday to celebrate at Berlin’s pride parade, known in Germany as Christopher Street Day.
The pride event in front of the city’s iconic Brandenburg Gate in downtown was called off around 10:15 p.m. and a band’s performance on stage was interrupted.