The suspect was identified as an Islamist radical who had been released from prison just two months before the attack
German officials are trading blame after it emerged that the suspect behind last weekend’s deadly Berlin attack had been released from prison on probation just months before the attack despite reportedly being considered a “high-risk individual.”
A van plowed into a crowd during the festivities known as Christopher Street Day, the German capital’s annual pride event, last Saturday. A Polish woman was killed in the attack and 31 people were injured, according to the authorities. The suspect, identified as 21-year-old Abdul Ballout, a German national of Lebanese descent, was fatally...
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