Berlin Techno Parade Opens With 1-Minute Silence as 1,500 Police Guard Event Near Pride Attack Site
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Updated · DW (English) · Aug 15
Berlin Techno Parade Opens With 1-Minute Silence as 1,500 Police Guard Event Near Pride Attack Site
3 articles · Updated · DW (English) · Aug 15
Summary
Tens of thousands at Berlin's Rave the Planet stood in silence before music began, honoring victims of the July 25 Islamist attack on a nearby Pride event.
The parade is the first major party event in the capital since the assault, which killed 1 woman and injured at least 31 people after a van ramming and machete attack.
About 1,500 officers, backed by police from Brandenburg and Saxony-Anhalt, secured the route as streets closed, tram stops were suspended and free drinking water was provided in heat up to 37C.
President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, writing three weeks after the attack, urged Germany to protect LGBTQ+ people from fear and said democracy must respond with law enforcement, public safety and education.