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Munich's court sentenced Farhad N., a 25-year-old Afghan national, to life imprisonment on August 6, 2026, for a car ramming attack carried out in 2025 against a trade union march in the Bavarian city. The attack killed two people and injured around forty others. The court found the crime had "particular gravity," a legal determination that makes any future parole for the convicted man extremely difficult.
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A suicide bombing outside a police station in northwestern Pakistan on August 2 killed at least 17 people and injured about 20. The attacker detonated an explosive belt in front of the building. Pakistani authorities are confronting an insurgency by Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan.
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A bomb explosion at the Balzi Rossi restaurant in central Moscow killed at least five people and injured 21 others. Three deaths have been confirmed: a woman who had attempted to bring an explosive into the restaurant, a security guard who had stopped her, and a customer. The restaurant had been reserved for a private event. Moscow's Mayor Sergej Sobjanin called the attack a 'brutal act of terrorism' and promised that those responsible would be found and punished. According to unconfirmed reports, a high-ranking military officer may have been among the guests.
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A homemade explosive device detonated on August 1, 2026, at a restaurant on Kudrinskaya Square in Moscow, killing 3 people and injuring 21 others, according to Russia's National Counterterrorism Committee (NAK). The device was carried by an unidentified woman who had been denied entry by a security guard. The three victims were the woman carrying the device, the security guard, and a restaurant patron. Police dispatched investigators and forensic specialists to the scene. The attack occurs amid a series of violent operations attributed to Ukrainian services on Russian soil since 2022.
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Approximately 300,000 people participated in Hamburg's Christopher Street Day (CSD) on August 1, 2026, one week following an attack in Berlin on July 25. Hamburg police deployed double the number of officers compared to the previous year in response. The CSD, the term used in German-speaking countries for LGBT+ pride marches, takes its name from Christopher Street in New York, home to the Stonewall Inn, where riots that sparked the gay liberation movement began in 1969.
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Hadi Matar, 28, declined to testify on July 28, 2026, in his US federal terrorism trial linked to the attack on Salman Rushdie, ZEIT reported. Defense attorney Nathaniel Barone called no witnesses, and the court rejected a defense request to dismiss the case over an alleged lack of prosecution evidence. Prosecutors had also rested their case, with closing arguments expected Wednesday. Matar, who was sentenced in New York state court in 2025 to 25 years in prison for attempted murder, faces life imprisonment in the separate federal case.
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According to Le Monde, a man drove a van into participants of Berlin's Pride march on the evening of July 26, 2026, in Tiergarten park, killing one woman and injuring 29 people. The targeted event is Christopher Street Day (CSD), an annual celebration of LGBTQ+ rights—Berlin hosts one of the largest pride parades in German-speaking regions. The suspect, Abdul Ballout, was shot dead by police on July 27, 2026, in the Spandau district after a lengthy manhunt. This information comes from a single source and has not yet been independently verified.
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On Sunday, July 26, 2026, Berlin police issued a wanted notice for Abdul B., 21, suspected of deliberately driving a rental vehicle into the Christopher Street Day (CSD) crowd near the Brandenburg Gate on the evening of July 25. The suspect is known to police and linked to Berlin's Islamist scene. He allegedly also attacked victims with a knife. Multiple people were injured. Abdul B. remained at large at the time of publication.
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A vehicle rammed into the crowd at Berlin's Christopher Street Day (CSD) on Saturday evening, July 25, 2026, killing at least one person and injuring 16 others. Police issued a wanted notice on Sunday for suspect Abdul B., 21, whom authorities linked to Islamist circles. The vehicle was found abandoned in Tiergarten Park. Over 2,200 police officers had been deployed to secure the event. Berlin Mayor Kai Wegner and Chancellor Friedrich Merz condemned the attack as an assault on democratic values.
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On July 22, 2026, An Garda Síochána, Ireland's national police force, intercepted a vehicle on the N2 south of Carrickmacross (County Monaghan) near the Northern Ireland border carrying a military-grade explosive device. The device, bound for an attack in Northern Ireland, contained military explosives, a detonator, and a power unit. Two suspects were arrested and linked to dissident republicans—factions opposing the 1998 peace agreement. A woman in her twenties was charged on July 24.
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On Wednesday, July 22, 2026, the Garda Síochána — Ireland's national police force — intercepted a vehicle carrying a ready-to-use explosive device on the N2 south of Carrickmacross (County Monaghan). The device, described as "highly sophisticated," contained military-grade explosives, a detonator, and a power unit. Its probable target was an attack in Northern Ireland. Two suspects were arrested and remained in custody on Friday, July 24. Garda Commissioner Justin Kelly linked the suspects to Irish dissident republicans.
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A foreign intelligence service had recorded Issa al H.'s claim video before the August 23, 2024 Solingen attack, which killed three people. North Rhine-Westphalia's (NRW) parliamentary investigation committee revealed this in July 2026 during questioning of Interior Minister Herbert Reul (CDU), according to Süddeutsche Zeitung. The service sent a screenshot of the video to German authorities after the attack, too late to prevent the tragedy. German authorities lack equivalent legal capabilities for such interceptions.