The police recommend postponing a pride event – news Norway – Overview of news from different parts of the country

The police want tonight’s pride event in Mo i Rana to be postponed, since they can not guarantee security. This is stated by the Nordland police district in a press release. But Mo in Rana Pride will arrange anyway. – I refuse to have fun in my own city for who I am, says leader of Mo i Rana Pride, Margrethe Møllevik to news. The Police Directorate recommended canceling More people had a strong need to gather after the shooting in central Oslo on Saturday night. The Pride celebration at Rådhusplassen in Oslo yesterday was canceled. Thousands defied the police, and showed up anyway. On Monday, Police Director Benedicte Bjørnland issued a clear recommendation to cancel Pride celebrations throughout the country. The reason is that the Police Security Service (PST) considers that the country is currently in an extraordinary threat situation. Recommends postponing also in Haugesund Nordland police district states that they will go to great lengths to ensure that the event in Mo i Rana can be carried out at a later date when the threat situation is more clarified. The police in Haugesund recommend that the Pride event be postponed there as well. According to the plan, it should be at 5 pm today. The board of Haugaland Pride will have a meeting if they want to follow the recommendation. Also in Trondheim, a pride celebration is planned at 17 this afternoon. The police in Trondheim have not discouraged people from showing up, writes Adresseavisen.



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