Police launched a manhunt after a vehicle struck several people near Berlin’s Tiergarten on Saturday night during Pride celebrations, known locally as Christopher Street Day (CSD).

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    Apparently one person died. This had been the best CSD in a few years… Shit that I had to end like this.

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    What the hell is wrong with people. Just couldn’t let people experience joy and had to create tragedy.

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    While I somewhat get the decision from a security standpoint, doesn’t cancelling the pride event give these lowlifes exactly what they want?

    What are the odds that a second attack like this happens on the same event?

    Pride is a protest as much as it is a celebration.
    Attacks like this ruin the celebration, but in my view they also increase the need to protest.

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    This was back-to-back in my feed with another instance of car-based terrorism.

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    Nazis on reddit are claiming that it was an Islamist, so there will probably be anti-immigrant pogroms regardless of whether that’s true.

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      News articles are saying there are Islamist connections too. That wouldn’t surprise me given how absolutely batshit religious people can be.

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      The police confirm it. In Germany, it’s unlikely that there will be progroms for the moment, particularly not because of an attack on queer people. The far-right hates us too after all.

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    Funny how these coward losers are too afraid to get out of their cars. Wonder how they’d cope if their car was undriveable, such as on fire?

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      Well this one was leaving the car and stabbing more people…