A number of organizations were to hold a solidarity celebration at Rådhusplassen in Oslo on Monday night after the shooting in Oslo on Saturday night. It was canceled at the request of the police. Still, people flock to the canceled selection. According to news’s reporter who is in the city, a couple of three thousand people have gathered, and there is an influx of people. The event at Rådhusplassen has been officially canceled, but thousands have still turned up. Photo: Håkon Benjaminsen / news Two events have been canceled On Saturday, all events under the auspices of Oslo Pride were canceled following a recommendation from the police in Oslo. Oslo Pride therefore decided to arrange a solidarity celebration on Monday night. It was to take place on the day of the commemoration of the Stonewall Uprising, which is considered the start of pride. – The event at Rådhusplassen takes place because the queer movement has a need to gather and to show that we stand together after the tragic events night to Saturday, Oslo pride wrote in a press release on Sunday. On Monday, the solidarity celebration was also canceled at the request of the police. According to news’s reporter in the city, there are between 1,000 and 3,000 people gathered. Photo: Håkon Benjaminsen / news Pride leader: – We are sorry – We are sorry that we once again have to come out with a message that a pride celebration must once again be canceled, said Oslo pride leader Inger Kristin Haugsevje at a press conference Monday night. She says that they understand that people are frustrated and that they still want to gather. The picture shows the large crowd that has gathered at Rådhusplassen in Oslo. Photo: Annika Byrde / NTB – But we can not hold an event when the police recommend canceling, Haugsevje continued. Haugsevje says it is difficult for many to lose the opportunity, and that it is difficult for many to hear about the threat situation that the police report on. Tenant in Oslo pride, Inger Kristin Haugsevje. – Today we have had a close and good dialogue with the entire queer environment. We look forward to, when the opportunity arises, arranging a new selection. When asked if it is true that there will be no pride train until after the summer holidays, Haugsevje answers: – That is correct. We need to have some peace now, and we need to have a good summer vacation before we possibly start planning it. Oslo pride canceled on the advice of the police: – We are sorry Extraordinary threat situation It is due to information from PST and that the queer environment is part of the enemy image of extreme Islamists that the police have urged to cancel the event. PST considers that an extraordinary threat situation is currently occurring and that they lack an overview of several persons in a specific environment. In Dagsnytt 18 today, PST chief Roger Berg said that they have certain people in the binoculars that they continuously work with. – We are talking specifically about an environment that supports extreme Islamism and that believes that violence is legitimate in order to achieve its goals. And in this situation, it is the queer environment that they simply focus on, he said. The Minister of Justice and Emergency Preparedness also encouraged people to follow the recommendations made by the police. Information to news after pride cancellation: The police lack an overview of several people
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