Saturday, Oslo's Pride Parade was officially canceled after ashooter killed two and injured 21 at a gay club. After that, thousands of people appeared. A few hours before the city.
"This is a quiet parade for many, but for others it's a protest against the two being shot dead on Saturday," Ole Johannes M. Foss saidAftenposten {9. }. "Being here is very powerful. Someone is crying next door. We are purely in solidarity with the whole movement. That could happen in Norway in 2022.
A frightened club fan at a pub in London hid in the basement, and at the beginning of Saturday, the shooter was upstairs on the eve of the city's annual pride parade. When I fired at London, I desperately called my relatives.
Unidentified shooters, called Iranian Norwegian citizens, shot people inside and outside pubs, the mainstay of Oslo's LGBTQ scene, and in surrounding streets and other bars. The policeman said he acted alone.
The suspect was known to domestic intelligence agencies and had wrapping sheets for violations such as knives and drug possession, police said at a press conference on Saturday. rice field. According to police, he was arrested minutes after the shooting. They added that two weapons, including a fully automatic gun, were recovered from the crime scene.
"I'm back in London! The fight continues!" Saturday celebration attendees told Aftenposten.
Bili Blum-Jansen, who was in a pub in London, told a local television station that he rushed to the basementto escape the shooting and hid with 80-100 people. Many people called their partners and family and felt like saying goodbye. Others have helped calm those who are very afraid, "Brum-Jansen told TV2.
"I was a little panicked and thought that if one or more shooters arrived, we would all die. There was no way out. "
" The shooting tonight is absolutely horrifying and pure evil, "the club announced on Facebook. Our idea goes to the dead, injured and relatives. All employees in London are safe and physically intact. During this time, please be careful of each other.
Police spokesman Tore Barstad said the motives were not immediately apparent and it was not clear whether the shooting was related to the pride parade.
