LGBTQ protesters defy Norway police warnings
Pride protestors in Norway held a march in Oslo days after an LGBTQ venue was attacked.
Saturday, a shooter opened fire outside city centre pubs, killing 2 and wounding 21.
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Police called the incident “Islamist terrorism” and cancelled all Pride celebrations for safety.
National police chief: Extremists consider LGBT individuals “the enemy.”
All Pride celebrations were postponed indefinitely Monday because they remained a target.
“Threat assessment stands. Uncertainty surrounds terrorism “Martin Strand, an Oslo police spokesman, urged people not to attend a memorial for Saturday’s assault victims.
Marie Svaeren said she felt safer at Monday’s unauthorized demonstration than anyplace else.
Rain Vangen Dalberg attended to indicate the battle is going.
Other activists criticized the police for cancelling the event, saying it was their role to defend people from radicals, not give in to them.
The gunshots occurred early Saturday at Oslo’s London Bar, the Herr Nilsen jazz club, and another pub.
On Monday, Oslo District Court remanded in custody for four weeks the 43-year-old suspect accused of carrying out Saturday’s deadly attack.
Oslo District Court detained the 43-year-old suspect for four weeks on Monday.
Zaniar Matapour has been sentenced to have no contact with the outside world for a year.
Police are currently investigating Mr. Matapour’s motivation, and he has declined to be questioned.
Intelligence services called the assault “Islamist radicalism.”
Norwegian intelligence knew about the suspect’s radicalization and involvement in “an extreme Islamist network” since 2015.
Last month, intelligence agents didn’t discover “violent intent.”
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Eyewitnesses said the assailant pulled a revolver from his backpack and opened fire Saturday in Oslo’s city centre, driving panicked people to escape or fling themselves to the ground.
Minutes thereafter, police and onlookers detained the attacker. Police recovered two firearms, one a fully automatic pistol, at the murder site.
Norway’s terror threat level was upgraded Saturday.
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