Berlin CSD: Latest in string of deadly vehicle attacks

https://p.dw.com/p/4ojkmThe incident in New Orleans unfolded as people were celebrating New YearImage: Gerald Herbert/AP/picture allianceAdvertisementBerlin, Germany, July 25, 2026 A Christopher Street Day event in the German capital, which attracts thousands of people every year, was attacked on Saturday night by what police said was a 21-year-old suspect associated with the "Islamist scene" in Berlin.

One person was killed and another 16 people were injured, while the suspect, named as Abdul B., fled the scene. Leipzig, Germany, May 4, 2026 Two people were killed and 20 more injured in early May when a car drove through a crowd in the eastern German city of Leipzig.

The suspect in the case was described as a 33-year-old German national and local resident, who had been known to police, though not for relevant offenses. Mannheim, Germany, March 3, 2025 At least two people were killed and several were injured in the southwestern German city of Mannheim in 2025 when a motorist intentionally drove his car into a crowd of people, according to police and public prosecutors. Authorities identified the suspect as a 40-year-old German man.

Law enforcement ruled out a political motive at the time, though the man had paid a fine under Germany's hate crime laws for a comment he made on a social media platform in 2018. Munich, Germany, February 13, 2025 A 37-year-old woman and her two-year-old daughter were killed in Munich in February last year when a car was rammed into a demonstration organized by the trade union Verdi. A 25-year-old Afghan man subsequently went on trial for their murder, as well as the attempted murder of the dozens of other people injured in the attack.

New Orleans, United States, January 1, 2025 A vehicle plowed into a crowd of New Orleans revelers early on New Year's Day 2025, killing 10 people and injuring 35 others. The FBI said it was investigating the incident as an act of terrorism. The driver of the vehicle was killed in a firefight soon after the attack, which took place at about 3:15 in the morning local time.

Magdeburg, Germany, December 20, 2024 At least five people died and more than 200 were injured when a man slammed a rented BMW SUV into a Christmas market in eastern Germany. The suspect, who was arrested at the scene, is a 50-year-old doctor originally from Saudi Arabia who had expressed anti-Muslim views and support for the far-right AfD party.The suspect in the Magdeburg attack is alleged to have hired a BMW SUV to carry it outImage: Axel Schmidt/REUTERS Zhuhai, China, November 11, 2024 A 62-year-old driver rammed a small SUV into people exercising at a sports complex in southern China on November 11, 2024, killing 38 people in the country's deadliest act of mass homicide in years.

Authorities said the perpetrator was upset about his divorce but offered few other details about his motive. Another 43 were injured. The man was detained and, in December, sentenced to death.

He was executed in January 2025. London, Canada, June 6, 2021 Four members of a Muslim family who were out for a walk were killed when an attacker hit them with a pickup truck in what Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called "a terrorist attack, motivated by hatred." The 23-year-old white nationalist attacker was sentenced to life in prison.

The London Ontario attacker killed four members of the same family and united the Muslim community in griefImage: Ian Willms/Getty Images Toronto, Canada, April 23, 2018 A 25-year-old Canadian man drove a rented van into mostly female pedestrians on the main thoroughfare in Toronto, killing 10 people and injuring 16. He told police he belonged to the online "incel" community of sexually frustrated men. He was sentenced to life in prison with no possibility of parole for 25 years.

New York, United States, October 31, 2017 An Uzbek national killed eight people and seriously injured 12 others when he swerved a rented pickup truck on a bike path in New York City. Reportedly spurred on by a call to action by militant group "Islamic State," he was sentenced to eight consecutive life sentences plus an additional 260 years in prison. Barcelona, Spain, August 17, 2017 A man driving a van plowed into people on the Spanish city's crowded Las Ramblas boulevard, killing 14 and injuring many more.

The "Islamic State" claimed responsibility, with members of the same cell carrying out a similar vehicle attack in the nearby resort town of Cambrils before being shot dead by police. The perpetrator of the Ramblas attack was killed by police on August 21 after spending several days on the run.Police in Spain embarked on a manhunt after the attack, with the suspect shot dead days laterImage: Getty Images/C.

Court Charlottesville, United States, August 12, 2017 A white supremacist intentionally drove his car into a crowd of protesters who were opposing a "Unite the Right" rally, killing one woman and injuring dozens of people. He was sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of p