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Berlin Attack Prompts Montreal Pride to Heighten Security Plans
Organizers say nearly 10% of the festival budget goes to security as they add barriers, metal detectors and 300 guards.
- On Saturday night in Berlin, a man allegedly drove a vehicle into a crowd and stabbed people with a machete. German authorities reported one death and 29 injuries, calling it an Islamist extremist terror attack.
- The attack in Germany occurred as the new Chez Nous festival kicked off in Ottawa, an event designed by and for 2SLGBTQ+ Africans and newcomers to Canada.
- David Breault, chair of Capital Pride, called the news 'heartbreaking' on Sunday and said the organization is reviewing security measures amid growing anti-2SLGBTQ+ sentiment.
- Chez Nous organizer Yami Msoso noted that 2SLGBTQ+ rights are deteriorating in Ghana, Senegal, and Niger while the festival centers 'Africanness'. Msoso said the violence creates 'a moment of pause' about what safety truly means.
- Breault told Radio-Canada that the organization will hold conversations 'in the coming weeks' to decide whether to strengthen security, as organizers hope to maintain a space where people can be 'out and proud'.
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The security surrounding the events in Proud Montreal will be enhanced, the organization announced on Monday. Several additional devices will be put in place, in the wake of the attack which resulted in one death and some thirty injured in Berlin on Saturday night.
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