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Berlin attacker pledged allegiance to Daesh in video: media

Care providers walk on Ahornsteig path in Tiergarten park, after a deadly attack in which a vehicle crashed into a crowd near Berlin's annual Christopher Street Day Pride parade on Saturday evening, leaving one dead and multiple others injured, in Berlin, Germany, July 27, 2026. (Reuters)

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Updated 28 July 2026

AFP

July 28, 2026 10:47

Berlin attacker pledged allegiance to Daesh in video: media

Updated 28 July 2026

AFP

July 28, 2026 10:47

BERLIN: A man blamed for the deadly attack near a Berlin festival at the weekend pledged allegiance to the Daesh group in a video, Bild daily reported Tuesday.
The video was found on the phone of Abdul Rahman Ballout, 21, and was recorded on Saturday, the day of the attack, the mass-circulation daily cited unnamed security sources as saying. AFP has approached prosecutors for confirmation.