A vehicle ploughs into a gay pride event in Germany
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I'm Will Chalk, and in the early hours of Sunday, July 26th, these are our main stories. A vehicle has ploughed into a crowd at a pride event in central Berlin, killing one person. At least 16 others were wounded. The authorities in southwest France have ordered around a quarter of a million people to evacuate as devastating forest fires continue to burn. Meanwhile, the prime minister of Spain, Pedro Sanchez, says firefighters are working to save lives as wildfires continue to blaze west of Madrid. Also in this podcast. If I close my eyes and my life to what's going on here, I don't know if I'm contributing to the future. By living here, I have the naive feeling that I can hopefully be a thorn in the side of my co-settlers.
We hear from the Israeli volunteers meeting ill Palestinians at the border to drive them to hospital. But we begin in the German capital, where one person has been killed and several others left with life-threatening injuries after a vehicle drove into a crowd celebrating Berlin's Pride Parade. Julian Mifeg was there. He says it's a sad day for the queer community. We have a beautiful pride today and now it's a terrible situation. Yeah, it's very difficult for me. I'm shocked. Christopher Street Day, which is one of Europe's biggest annual LGBT events, has now been called off and the area cordoned off as well. We've seen videos showing people evacuating and helicopters circling overhead as a manhunt continues for the driver who, we're told, fled the scene.
We've heard from police as well the suspect has been identified by them as a member of the city's Islamist circles. The German chancellor has vowed to punish the perpetrator for what he called this horrific act, while the mayor of Berlin said the city's freedom had come under attack. Joanne Iflander from Berlin Police gave this update. According to the investigation, around 10pm a vehicle entered the Tiergarten from the area of Lennenstrasse. Our officers are searching intensively for a possible suspect or suspects. A large police presence is on the scene and investigators are working to establish the circumstances. I got more from the BBC's Michael Steininger, who's in Berlin. A van ran into a crowd of people at the edge of the large Tiergarten Park, which is in the centre of Berlin, right next to the iconic Brandenburg Gate, where hundreds of thousands of people had gathered to celebrate the Berlin Pride March.
We think that that van injured at least a dozen of people. Police say possibly one dead, maybe more. We think that the driver left the car and fled on foot. So there's now a large manhunt underway. Police are looking with helicopters and with lots of forces using torchlights and floodlights to look for a possible, a potential perpetrator in the darkness of that large park, which is in the centre of Berlin. Yeah, I mean, Berlin is famous across Europe, isn't it, for its LGBT scene. I can only imagine that Berlin Pride is an absolutely massive event. That's right. I was in the city centre myself today, and as usual, this day, every year, the city centre is completely taken over by revelers, by the queer community.
There are lots of parties all over town, people in... garish dresses and very exotic attire all over the place. And then they converge, they gather around Brandenburg Gate in the late afternoon, early evening, when the party really takes off and when there's a concert, when there's floats, all kinds of things, entertainment. So I can only think that this was being a very, very abrupt and very, very horrible end to that kind of party. Now, we don't know the motive for this yet, and we're not here to speculate, obviously. But what we do know is that this is far from the first time in Germany that a car has driven into a crowd at a big event.
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Chapters
4 chapters
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–7:35
2
What happened when a vehicle ploughed into Berlin's Pride event and who is being sought?
7:35–13:32
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How did witnesses and police describe the scene and security response at Brandenburg Gate?
13:32–16:34
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Which Islamist links did authorities report about the Berlin suspect and what has the political reaction been?
16:34–33:39
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