German police shoot dead Berlin Pride attack suspect
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This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.
I'm Will Chalk, and in the early hours of Monday, the 27th of July, these are our main stories. German police have shot dead the man accused of carrying out a deadly attack at a pride event in Berlin. Wildfires in southwestern France are continuing to close in on Bordeaux. More than 300,000 people have been told to leave their homes in France and neighbouring Spain. And we'll have a special report from the occupied West Bank, where attacks by Israeli settlers have continued. Also in this podcast, the US ambassador to the United Nations says President Trump has paused attacks on Iran to give diplomacy more time and... These glasses have led to different forms of stalking, matching a face to a name.
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Who was the suspect in the Berlin Pride attack and how was he located?
After one of the largest manhunts the German capital has seen in years, the suspect in the Berlin Pride attack has been shot dead by police. Abdul Baloo was tracked down to the western suburb of Spandau on Sunday. Police say he was carrying a knife when he was confronted by officers. During the operation to apprehend him, he advanced on our officers while armed, was stopped by gunfire from our special operations unit and subsequently died. We will now conduct further investigations into the facts and the precise course of events. Balu was accused of killing a woman and injuring 29 other people on Saturday when he drove a van into a crowd at the Pride event before stabbing multiple people. People in the city's LGBT scene gave their reaction.
I'm still in shock. I've been to many large Pride events and given the incidents of recent years, we've often worried that one of our events might be targeted at some point.
The fact that this event is now overshadowed and will forever be linked to this day of death and mourning is of course a wound in the heart of the entire community.
We have since got more details. It's emerged that Balut had tried to join the Islamic State group and he'd been ordered onto a de-radicalisation programme.
How did police confront and ultimately shoot the Berlin Pride attack suspect?
I got more about the police operation from our correspondent Joe Inwood.
So a rather unexpected location for this whole thing to come to an end at an allotment in a kind of a leafy suburb to the west of Berlin called Spandau. We haven't been given that much information about what led the police to locate the suspect there. But we understand that when they confronted him, he came at them with some sort of knife or bladed instrument. They haven't given us the specifics on that. And when he did that, they say this police special forces, one of them shot him dead.
What is known about Abdul Ballout's past radicalisation and de-radicalisation steps?
So it was a conclusion to the manhunt which ended in the suspect's death.
Yeah, that manhunt, though, going on for well over 12 hours, that must have been a very anxious time for the people of Berlin.
Yeah, it clearly was. I mean, there was real, real concern, obviously, specifically amongst the LGBTQ plus community, those who are hosting the Christopher Street event. And when you listen to the testimony of those people, there is real, real sadness. anger, but fear, the idea that specifically their community is being targeted, I think has left people really worried. I mean, in terms of the time it's taken, about 15 hours or so, the police have said, we're pleased with that. There's been, I think it was the mayor and a few other people have said they've praised the police response. I mean, obviously Berlin is a large city. It happened in the middle of the night. And so obviously tracking someone down like that is going to be quite difficult.
And I think obviously there's always concern when these things go on a little bit. But I think probably the feeling will be, and this is what the officials have said, that they've got their man and they've done it in quite a reasonable time.
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8 chapters
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–1:53
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Who was the suspect in the Berlin Pride attack and how was he located?
1:53–3:12
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How did police confront and ultimately shoot the Berlin Pride attack suspect?
3:12–3:45
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What is known about Abdul Ballout's past radicalisation and de-radicalisation steps?
3:45–7:09
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How severe are the wildfires near Bordeaux and what evacuation orders are in place?
7:09–10:24
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What are firefighters saying about containment challenges and rising temperatures in southwest France?
10:24–13:23
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13:23–25:50
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Why are Meta’s new smart glasses facing privacy backlash and what risks do experts highlight?
25:50–31:14
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