Abdul Ballout: key obituary facts
Is Abdul Ballout dead? Yes. Abdul Ballout died on July 26, 2026, at age 21.
Cause of death: Abdul Ballout's cause of death was reported as Shot.
What was Abdul Ballout known for?
Abdul Ballout was a Lebanese-German murder suspect, shot.
Abdul Ballout, a Lebanese–German murder suspect in the 2026 Berlin Pride van attack, died on July 26, 2026, after being shot by police.
The 21-year-old was identified as the suspected driver in the attack on Berlin’s Christopher Street Day celebration in Tiergarten, where a van was driven into a crowd of pedestrians on the evening of July 25. One woman was killed and 29 people were injured, several of them critically, before the event was called off.
Ballout fled on foot after the crash, prompting a large-scale manhunt. German officials said the attack was suspected to be Islamist terrorism. Reports also said he had been convicted two months earlier of planning an attack and received a suspended sentence.