What we know about the Berlin Pride attacker

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The Berlin Pride attacker, Abdul Ballout, a 21-year-old German citizen with Lebanese roots, was shot dead by police after a manhunt. He lived near the attack site in the Schoeneberg neighborhood.

BERLIN, July 27 (Reuters) - The 21-year-old suspect in a weekend attack on the Berlin Pride celebration in which one person was killed and more than two dozen wounded was shot dead by police on Sunday after a nationwide manhunt. The suspect has been identified as Abdul Ballout, a German citizen with Lebanese roots who was born and raised in Berlin, according to German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt. According to a court document, he lived in an apartment with his mother and three sisters in the Schoeneberg neighbourhood, not far from the attack site.