Hamburg Pride draws 300,000 with increased security, a week after a fatal attack in Berlin
- Hamburg Pride, known as Christopher Street Day , commenced in Hamburg, Germany, with heightened security following a fatal attack in Berlin last week.
- Last week's Berlin Pride march turned tragic when a man rammed a van into participants, killing one woman and injuring 31 people, an incident German authorities are treating as an "Islamist terrorist attack."
- Participants on a dedicated Berlin Pride float are wearing dark clothing to honor victims, while police deployed twice as many officers as last year to protect the estimated 250,000 attendees in Hamburg.
- Investigators identified the suspect as 21-year-old Abdul Ballout, who was killed by police on Sunday; evidence suggests he pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group.
- Beyond Hamburg, Pride events under the CSD banner are scheduled in Bonn, Ahaus, Moers, and Naumburg, extending the community's solidarity across Germany.
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Before his attack on the Pride party in Berlin, Abdul Ballaut , a 21-year-old German and Lebanese parents, had entered a program of deradicalization against radical Islamism . He had remained on the radar of the German security forces for years and had antecedents, but he had referred his case to these programs . Within his training, he had attended two previous interviews and was quoted to the third and final on Monday after the attack.The agen…
One week after the attack on the edge of the Berlin CSD, Olivia Jones took part in Hamburg's Christopher Street Day. On Instagram, the Reeperbahn icon came forward with a clear message.
Police officers with machine guns, reinforcements from other federal states: One week after the attack in Berlin, around 300,000 people celebrated Christopher Street Day in Hamburg. With what feeling did they come?
Hamburg Pride draws 300,000 with increased security, a week after fatal attack in Berlin
Hamburg’s Pride parade, one of Germany’s biggest, has made its way through the port city with increased security a week after a fatal attack near a Pride event in Berlin.
Approximately 300,000 people paraded on Saturday at the Pride March in Hamburg, northern Germany, according to police and organizers, a week after an attack by a young Islamist in Berlin, at a similar demonstration, soldier with one person's death and wounding another about 30.
The motto of this year's Hamburg event is: "Queer and in solidarity. Showing our stance - for a future without fear."
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