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HELSINKI (AP) — Tons of of individuals marched by way of the Norwegian capital on Saturday in an LBGT solidarity occasion to honor the Delight parade that was canceled in June after a lethal taking pictures exterior a preferred homosexual bar.
Marchers in “The Rainbow Prepare” handed the central Oslo nightlife district the place a person recognized as Zaniar Matapour shot and killed two males and injured a number of others exterior the London Pub on June 25, simply hours earlier than the deliberate begin of the Delight parade.
Norwegian citizen Matapour is being held on suspicion of homicide, tried homicide and terrorism. His motive for the taking pictures stays unclear however police say hate crime is a chance.
Organizers pressured the occasion Saturday wasn’t meant to be an alternative to the unique Delight parade however reasonably a present of solidarity to Norway’s LBGT group.
“It’s completely implausible,” Oslo Delight spokesman Dan Bjoerke instructed Norwegian information company NTB. “There’s a sea of individuals who will present everybody that it’s love that wins. We should have range, we should have a society the place folks will be allowed to be themselves with out worry.”
Prime Minister Jan Stoere Gahr was among the many a number of Norwegian politicians who took half.
“We’re taking again the streets. It’s not the Delight parade we had deliberate for June however it is a celebration that’s vital for folks to have the ability to specific these vital values,” Stoere instructed NTB.
Saturday’s occasion culminated in a live performance in Oslo.
