France, July 26 -- Abdul Ballout, a German citizen with Lebanese roots, was killed following a search that lasted nearly 24 hours after the attack in downtown Berlin.

Officers located the suspect at around 6:00 pm, Berlin police said in a statement on X. He "ran towards them with a bladed weapon", prompting officers to open fire, killing him.

Investigators believe that the deadly attack near Berlin's Pride parade on Saturday evening was motivated by Islamist ideology, Germany's interior minister said Sunday.

"Everything we see here indicates that this was an Islamist terror attack," Alexander Dobrindt told reporters at the scene, adding that the number of injured had gone up to 29. One woman was killed in the attack. Emergency responde...