Berlin Pride Parade Islamist Terror Suspect Shot and Killed by Police

The suspected Islamist terrorist who allegedly drove a van into crowds of people at the Berlin Pride Parade on Saturday has been shot and killed by police.

According to German daily Bild, the 21-year-old alleged ISIS-inspired terrorist, Abdul Ballut, was shot and killed during a SWAT team operation in the Spandau district of Berlin on Sunday.

The paper reported that Special Task Force (SEK) police officers had come under attack from the suspect with a blade after he was discovered hiding in a garden shed. The officers returned fire, and the suspect reportedly died at 6:34 pm local time.

'Despite immediate resuscitation measures initiated by the Berlin Fire Department, he died at the scene,' a police spokesman confirmed.

However, the government has come under criticism over the failure to meaningfully confront the issue of Islamist terrorism.

The chairman of the centre-right Free Democratic Party (FDP), Wolfgang Kubicki, said: 'If, as a society, we repeatedly engage in the same discussions after such horrific acts without drawing the necessary conclusions, it demonstrates an almost unbearable helplessness on the part of our state.'