Germany: Berlin Pride attack prompts calls for clampdown Published July 27, 2026last updated July 27, 2026What you need to know - Senior German politicians are calling for strict penalties and intelligence reform following the Berlin attack - The suspected Berlin Pride attacker Abdul B. was a known Islamist radical - Number of unaccompanied minors entering Germany nearly halved last year, German authorities say - Plastinator Gunther von Hagens, creator of "Body Worlds" anatomy exhibits, dies at age 81 Here is a roundup of some of the top headlines from and about Germany on Monday, July 27, 2026. Tired of missing our real-time updates?

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DW asked Alfonso Pantisano, Queer Commissioner of the Berlin State Government for the acceptance of sexual and gender diversity, how the LGBTQ+ community was feeling in the wake of the attack. German Justice Ministry considering reform of juvenile law As pressure grows on Germany's judiciary and law enforcement following the attack in Berlin, the country's Justice Ministry announced it was planning a study looking into reforming juvenile law. Under current law, Germany has special legal considerations for persons younger than 21.

For the suspects between 18 and 20 years of age, the court has the power to decide whether they should be trialed as adults. The suspected attacker in Berlin, Abdul B., was reportedly given a suspended sentence and released from detention by a juvenile court this May. On Monday, the Justice Ministry announced that it would commission a study to examine the need for reform, with preliminary results expected by the end of next year.

A ministry spokesperson noted that the decision was not motivated by Saturday's "shocking isolated incident." Rather, the ministry is responding to "a troubling trend in crimes committed by children and adolescents." Woman killed in Berlin attack was from Poland, officials say The person who lost her life in the Berlin attack on Saturday was from Poland, Berlin's Mayor Kai Wegner said on Monday. Wegner made the comments while addressing a Polish diplomat at the opening of an exhibition on the 1944 Warsaw Uprising in the Berlin City Hall. "I am deeply moved by what happened on Saturday, and my thoughts are with you and, above all, with the daughter and the family of the murdered woman," the Berlin mayor said, adding that the attack was motivated by "hatred." Separately, the Polish Foreign Ministry confirmed that the woman killed in Berlin was Polish.

The attack also left 29 people injured. Merz: Still too early for political consequences Addressing reporters in Berlin, Chancellor Friedrich Merz said it was still too early to clarify political consequences of the Berlin van ramming. At the same time, Merz said that his government will look into the attack, which police say was committed by a Berlin-born man who was a known Islamist extremist.

"Most of all, we will have to answer the question: How is it at all possible that a man with this classification here in Berlin could have approached the Christopher Street Day undisturbed and commit this attack?" German Chancellor Merz pledges to 'protect and defend' freedom Commenting on the Berlin attack this Saturday, Germany's Chancellor Friedrich Merz said the victims were celebrating "openness, diversity, and freedom" and "were attacked by an Islamist" over those values.