German police have shot dead the suspect wanted for the car ramming attack on Berlin’s Pride march.

Abdul Ballout, a German citizen with Lebanese roots, was killed as he attacked officers with a bladed weapon, police reported.

Ballout was shot following a search that lasted nearly 24 hours. He was the main suspect in the attack on Saturday evening, in which a van drove into a crowd at the Berlin Pride LGBT event.

German officials have reported that all indications point to a “Islamic terror attack”.

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