A couple of thousand people gathered in the streets of Oslo for an unofficial Pride procession on Saturday.
In Oslo a couple of thousand people gathered for a procession supporting sexual and gender minorities despite the cancellation of Pride events.
The official Oslo Pride canceled its march on Saturday after two were killed and twenty injured in a shooting in front of a gay bar on the night between Friday and Saturday. The case is being investigated as terrorism.
Read more: Two killed and 21 injured in gunfire outside gay bar in Oslo – Police believe it was a terrorist attack
On Saturday, however, an unofficial Pride procession emerged, circling a route that the official procession should have taken.
Participated in an unofficial procession Håvve Fjell comments in an interview with the Norwegian broadcaster NRK that he respects the decision of the police and the Pride organization to cancel the procession, but disagrees with the decision.
“It gives a higher victory to the attacker. And a sign that if people cause enough fear, they won’t express themselves, ”Fjell commented.
Previously on Saturday morning at the Oslo Pride organization informedthat the procession and other events be canceled on the recommendation of the police.
“We will soon be proud and visible again, but today we will be showing our Pride celebration from home,” says Inger, Director of Oslo Pride Kristin Haugsevje and Director of the Norwegian Association for Sexual and Gender Diversity Inge Alexander Gjestvang in the bulletin.
Police were present on Saturday in central Oslo as an unofficial procession toured the streets.
People brought flowers and rainbow flags to the scene of the shooting in memory of the victims.
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