Berlin police fatally shot the chief suspect in a van-ramming and knife attack that left one person dead and 29 injured, some seriously, authorities said Tuesday. The 21-year-old man, identified as Abdul B., was located by tactical officers in an allotment garden in Spandau, a western suburb of Berlin, shortly before 6 p.m. local time.

According to the police, the suspect reportedly charged at law enforcement officers wielding a bladed weapon, prompting the special operations unit SEK Berlin to open fire. Emergency responders attempted to resuscitate the man at the scene, but he died there. The manhunt for the suspect had lasted much of the day following the attack.

The incident occurred shortly before midnight on Saturday in Tiergarten, one of Berlin’s largest parks and the site of a recent Pride parade. Authorities said a vehicle deliberately drove into a crowd, causing multiple casualties. Police officials and government leaders have characterized the attack as a terrorist act. Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt indicated that investigators are treating the case as an Islamist terrorism-related incident.

Abdul B. was born in Berlin in 2005. His mother, originally from Lebanon, became a German citizen in 2002. The investigation into the motive and circumstances around the attack remains ongoing.

Chancellor Friedrich Merz condemned the assault on social media, describing it as "heinous" and calling it an attack on society as a whole. Police and security forces continue to assess the broader implications of the attack while providing support to victims and their families.