Suspect in Berlin ramming attack shot dead by police

The suspect in a vehicle ramming and stabbing attack on Saturday in Berlin was shot dead by police on Sunday evening, local police said in a statement.
Police said the suspect was located at around 6:00 p.m. local time in the Spandau district of Berlin.
Preliminary findings indicated that the suspect ran toward police officers with a stabbing weapon, prompting officers to open fire.
On Saturday evening, a van was driven into a crowd near Berlin’s Tiergarten park.
The driver then attacked passersby with a weapon believed to be a machete, leaving one woman dead and 29 others injured.
The incident occurred near the site of the city’s Christopher Street Day pride parade.
Earlier on Sunday, German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt said that the incident was suspected to be an “Islamist terrorist attack.”