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One dead after car drives into Berlin pride parade

At least one person has died after a car rammed revellers at a gay pride parade in Berlin. (AP PHOTO)

At least one person has been killed and 14 other people are fighting for life after a ‌car drove into a crowd at Berlin's ‌pride celebrations.

Berlin police on the social media platform X said they were responding with emergency ‌services ‌to ⁠an incident in the ​city's central Tiergarten park close to the Brandenburg Gate, where a vehicle  struck multiple people on Saturday night.

One person was dead and ​there were‌ multiple cases ​of people ​with life-threatening ​injuries, ​the ‌city's police said ​on ​X.

"We are searching intensively ⁠for ‌suspects," ​police said.

Germany Christopher Street Day
Hundreds of thousands of ​people marched in ​one of Europe's ​largest ​pride events. (AP PHOTO)

Hundreds of thousands of ​people had gathered ‌peacefully in the German capital ​for the annual Christopher Street Day celebrations, one of Europe's ​largest ​Pride events, ​before the incident ended the ‌festivities.

Emergency services were treating the injured at the scene, police said. The number and severity ​of injuries were not immediately clear.

with dpa

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