Berlin performer Haidar Darwish took the stage Sunday at Museum Island less than a day after the Pride attack, asking for a moment of silence before telling the crowd the show must go on.
1 person was killed and nearly 30 were wounded in Saturday night’s van ramming and stabbing near Berlin’s Pride festival, which authorities called an extremist terror attack.
Police killed suspect Abdul Ballout, 21, on Sunday evening after authorities said he ran toward officers with a sharp instrument; some officials are questioning how he moved freely despite an Islamic State-linked conviction.
Darwish, a 30-year-old Syrian artist with LGBTQ refugee collective Queens Against Borders, said performing publicly after the attack was meant to keep the community visible and turn grief into joy.