Several people are injured at Berlin's LGBTQ+ march after a car drives into the crowd

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International Police officers are on the scene following the cancellation of Christopher Street Day in Berlin, on Saturday, July 25, 2026. - Fabian Sommer/DPA via AP - Fabian Sommer

SUN, 26 JUL 2026

Police officers are on the scene following the cancellation of Christopher Street Day in Berlin, on Saturday, July 25, 2026. - Fabian Sommer/DPA via AP - Fabian Sommer

Police, who did not say how many were injured, called on everyone in a post on X to leave the premises of the event immediately. A short while later, police said a car had driven into the Tiergarten park, near the route of the pride march, hitting several people. People carry a "Leather Pride Flag" during the Christopher Street Day parade in Berlin, on Saturday, July 25, 2026.

Police did not know how many officers had been deployed to the scene but that it was “definitely a lot of police.”

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Hundreds of thousands of people had come to Berlin on Saturday to celebrate at Berlin's pride parade, known in Germany as Christopher Street Day. People wave during the Christopher Street Day parade in Berlin, on Saturday, July 25, 2026.

It's one of Europe's largest LGBTQ+celebrations.
(with newswires)