Breaking: “Member of the Islamist scene” plows white van into LGBT festival in Germany

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The Associated Press says the suspect is connected to "Islamic" networks in Germany's capital, Berlin:

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According to police, a white van had driven into the Tiergarten park around 10 p.m., which is next to the route that the pride march had passed along earlier, and hit several people before colliding with a tree. Police could not say how many officers had been deployed to the scene but that it was ‘definitely a lot of police.'

The suspect is apparently known to police and is a "member of the Islamist scene" in Berlin!

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More from Berlin police:

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More about the suspect:

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Multiple people were also stabbed by the jihadi, according to German media.

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