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Anger as Berlin Pride attacker revealed to have been freed weeks earlier

As details emerge about the suspected Berlin Pride attacker's past, many are asking why he was not in prison.

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As details emerge about the suspected Berlin Pride attacker's past, many are asking why he was not in prison. In Germany there is grief, shock and, increasingly, anger about the attack at Berlin Pride on Saturday night which left one Polish woman dead and injured at least 29 others. Germany's Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt said Ballout "had previously drawn attention to himself through a high volume of criminal offences, radicalisation and affiliation with the Islamist scene." As details emerge about his criminal convictions, many are asking why Ballout was not in prison. Prosecutors say that in 2025, Ballout decided to try to join Islamic State group's armed struggle in Syria, travelling via Turkey to Lebanon. He was arrested in Lebanon in July 2025 and sentenced to three months in prison for incitement to religious and sectarian conflict. In May this year, a Berlin court sentenced Ballout to a juvenile sentence of one year and ten months, for "preparing a serious act of violence endangering the state". The sentence was suspended while prosecutors appealed against the verdict, calling for a longer sentence.

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From the storyAs details emerge about the suspected Berlin Pride attacker's past, many are asking why he was not in prison.

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From the storyAs details emerge about the suspected Berlin Pride attacker's past, many are asking why he was not in prison.

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From the storyIn Germany there is grief, shock and, increasingly, anger about the attack at Berlin Pride on Saturday night which left one Polish woman dead and injured at least 29 others.

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From the storyGermany's Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt said Ballout "had previously drawn attention to himself through a high volume of criminal offences, radicalisation and affiliation with the Islamist scene." As details emerge about his criminal convictions, many are asking why Ballout was not in prison.

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From the storyGermany's Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt said Ballout "had previously drawn attention to himself through a high volume of criminal offences, radicalisation and affiliation with the Islamist scene." As details emerge about his criminal convictions, many are asking why Ballout was not in prison.

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