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- MASS SHOOTG NORWAY'S GAY DISTRICT, 2 DEAD, AT LEAST 19 INJURED
- OSLO SHOOTG NEAR GAY BAR VTIGATED AS TERRORISM, AS PRI PARA IS NCELED
- LATVIA BE 7TH NATN TO BE LED BY AN OPENLY GAY HEAD OF STATE
- HORROR ON OSLO PRI DAY AS GUNMAN GO ON ADLY RAMPAGE AT GAY BAR
- OSLO, NORWAY RINTS GO TO PRI PARA AFTER GUNMAN KILLS AT GAY BAR
- NORWAY PRI PARA NCELLED AFTER TWO PEOPLE ARE KILLED AND MORE THAN 20 WOUND GAY NIGHTCLUB SHOOTG
MASS SHOOTG NORWAY'S GAY DISTRICT, 2 DEAD, AT LEAST 19 INJURED
Another mass shootg, this time Oslo, Norway, where 2 people were shot to ath and 19 were jured outsi of 2 bars an area of the cy that is the hub of gay nightlife. * gay shooting in norway *
Attack Norway's Gay District. Another mass shootg, this time Oslo, Norway, where 2 people were shot to ath and 19 were jured outsi of 2 bars an area of the cy that is the hub of gay nightlife. #Update: Jt - Other vio footage of after the scene #Oslo #Norway, after a mass shootg event near the "London" gay night club, rultg at least 2 people ad and at least 22 others jured whom 10 are beg treated the hospal wh 2 gunshot wounds.
OSLO SHOOTG NEAR GAY BAR VTIGATED AS TERRORISM, AS PRI PARA IS NCELED
Oslo’s annual Pri para was nceled on Saturday followg a adly shootg at a gay bar that Norwegian police are vtigatg as a possible terrorist attack. * gay shooting in norway *
Norway is celebratg gay pri this month, and Saturday -- lerally jt hours after the attack -- a para was supposed to start as the highlight of the 10-day ftival. Gay upl have had the right to marry sce 2009.
Oslo’s annual Pri para was nceled on Saturday followg a adly shootg at a gay bar that Norwegian police are vtigatg as a possible terrorist attack. Two people were killed and eight others taken to hospal after the shootg near the London Pub, which scrib self on s webse as “the largt gay and lbian venue Oslo.
Latvia swore the first openly gay print of a Baltic natn Rkēvičs, who sce 2011 was the untry’s foreign mister, was elected by Parliament May after Print Egils Levs did not seek re-electn. ”Rkēvičs “proudly” announced he is gay on Twter November 2014, though the untry, a former Soviet republic, is not pecially LGBTQ-clive. ” He said he knew there would be “mega hysteria, ” but he end wh the hashtag “#Proudtobegay.
LATVIA BE 7TH NATN TO BE LED BY AN OPENLY GAY HEAD OF STATE
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”He is one of jt a few openly gay heads of state the world. She is thought to be the first openly gay prime mister the was an active unnist her nearly 10 years workg as a flight attendant, acrdg to the Council of Women World Lears, a work of female heads of state.
After the accatn, he said, he was chased down the street by reporters, one of whom yelled, “Yet they say you’re a homosexual!
”Xavier Bettel Prime Mister of Luxembourg (2013-prent)Luxembourg Prime Mister Xavier Bettel at a news nference Belgra, Serbia, on July Vojovic / APBettel was first elected prime mister of Luxembourg 2013, and 2018 he beme the first openly gay prime mister the world to be re-elected for a send marriage beme legal Luxembourg 2015, and the same year Bettel beme the first servg European Unn lear to marry a same-sex partner, the BBC recently cricized a Hungarian law that bans school tnal materials and TV shows for people unr 18 that are emed to promote LGBTQ ntent, Rters reported. “To be natnally blamed, to be nsired as not normal, to be nsired as a danger for young people — ’s not realizg that beg gay is not a choice, ” Bettel said, acrdg to Rters.
HORROR ON OSLO PRI DAY AS GUNMAN GO ON ADLY RAMPAGE AT GAY BAR
Police are vtigatg a shootg at a gay nightclub Oslo, which left two people ad and more than 20 others wound, as an act of terrorism. * gay shooting in norway *
Gay, lbian and bisexual people n serve the ary, but transgenr people nnot. “Hopefully this will blow over three or four days, and then I won’t be known as the gay mister, ” she told The Associated Prs at the Varadkar Prime Mister of Ireland (2017-20, 2022-prent)Irish Prime Mister Leo Varadkar Bssels on June 30. Ludovic Mar / AFP - Getty Imag fileVaradkar beme Ireland’s first openly gay Taoiseach, or prime mister, 2017 and served until 2020.
OSLO, NORWAY RINTS GO TO PRI PARA AFTER GUNMAN KILLS AT GAY BAR
SummaryGunman kills two, jur 21Revellers hid basement of Oslo barOfficial Pri para ncelled after tragedyTerrorism threat asssment raised to hight levelPri rabow 'loured black', ernment mister saysOSLO, June 25 (Rters) - Terrified revellers at a gay bar Oslo hid a basement and sperately lled loved on as a gunman went on the rampage, killg two people and jurg 21 on the day the cy was due to celebrate s annual Pri para. [1/5]People brg flowers and rabow flags to pay tribute to the victims as they take part a spontaneo Pri para, followg a shootg at the London Pub, a popular gay bar and nightclub, after the official event was ncelled, Oslo, Norway, June 25, 2022.
Norwegian secury thori raised the untry's terrorism threat asssment to s hight level followg the attack, which 21 people were also wound, 10 of them police, who are not normally armed, will rry guns until further notice, major events the pal went ahead as planned on Saturday, police and anisers said, cludg a large outdoor mic ftival and a soccer match between the women's teams of Norway and New shootg took place jt months after Norway marked 50 years sce the aboln of a law that crimalised gay Nordic natn of 5.
NORWAY PRI PARA NCELLED AFTER TWO PEOPLE ARE KILLED AND MORE THAN 20 WOUND GAY NIGHTCLUB SHOOTG
An Iranian refugee known to Norwegian telligence servic has been intified as the gunman who opened fire at an Oslo gay bar early Saturday, killg two and jurg at least 20 others. Zaniar Matapour is acced of shootg and killg two people at an Oslo gay bar Norway. Terrified revellers at a gay bar Oslo hid a basement and sperately lled loved on as a gunman went on the rampage, killg two people and jurg more than 20 on the day the cy was due to celebrate s annual Pri pots:The attack occurred early Saturday morng at two bars cludg the London Pub, a longstandg hub of Oslo's LGBTQ scenePolice have arrted a 42-year-old Norwegian cizen origally om Iran and are vtigatg the cint as a possible act of terrorismOslo's annual Pri para was ncelled on the advice of police, but thoands showed up prott wavg rabow flagsThe attack took place the early hours of Saturday, wh victims shot si and outsi the London Pub, a longstandg hub of Oslo's LGBTQ scene, as well as the surroundg streets and at one other bar the centre of the Norwegian Blum-Jansen, who was the London Pub, said he fled to the basement to pe the hail of bullets and hid there along wh 80 to 100 other people.
"We all stand by you, " Mr Gahr Stoere shootg took place jt months after Norway marked 50 years sce the aboln of a law that crimalised gay sex. Europe|2 Killed and at Least 19 Wound Shootg Norway’s Capal ADVERTISEMENTThe shootg happened near a popular gay club downtown Oslo, on the weekend when the cy is set to host s Pri Parsa/NTB, via RtersOSLO, Norway — Two people were killed and at least 19 jured early Saturday morng downtown Oslo when a gunman opened fire outsi two nightclubs and a der, the police and Norway’s state broadster said. “I saw a man arrive at the scene wh a bag, he took up a gun and started shootg, ” he told the of the two nightclubs near the se of the attack, the London Pub, is a center of gay nightlife Oslo.
Muny Norway, where gay upl have had the right to marry and have children sce London Pub, which li a few blocks om Norway’s Parliament buildg, opened the 1970s. Inge Alexanr Gjtvang, lear of FRI, the Norwegian anisatn for sexual and genr diversy, said the shootg has shaken the Nordic untry's gay muny.