A car plowed through a park during Berlin’s biggest L.G.B.T.Q. Pride event, killing at least one person and injuring more than a dozen others, city police officials said on Saturday.
The police said that the crash happened shortly before 10 p.m. in the Tiergarten, a major park in the city center, and that a hunt for a suspect or suspects was underway. At least 16 people had injuries, some life-threatening, according to the police.
Florian Nath, a spokesman for Berlin’s police, said in an interview that a motive was under investigation.
Mr. Nath said the car “drove through the park and hit several people walking” in an area near the Brandenburg Gate, where an annual gay pride celebration was underway. It was not clear how the car entered the park.
The vehicle, Mr. Nath added, “didn’t exactly hit the parade,” but, by driving through the park, “attacked the people who were going away from the parade.”
The car, a white passenger vehicle, was found crashed into a tree with nobody inside, according to the city police, who asked people to submit any photos or videos to help track down those responsible.
The remainder of Christopher Street Day, a major Pride festival that is among the biggest in Europe, was canceled. The event, named for the New York City street known for its association with the Stonewall riots that sparked the modern gay rights movement, draws hundreds of thousands of people to Berlin each year.
The police said on social media they were responding with emergency crews at the scene and urged people to avoid the area.
Kai Wegner, Berlin’s mayor, condemned the attack in a post on social media and said his thoughts were with the families of the victims.
There have been several vehicle attacks in Germany in recent years in which assailants drove into crowds. The deadliest of these occurred in Magdeburg, in eastern Germany, in December 2024, when a driver plowed through a Christmas market, killing six people and injuring 309 others.
