Man wh weapons was head to L.A. gay pri para - Los Angel Tim

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• OSLO SHOOTG NEAR GAY BAR VTIGATED AS TERRORISM, AS PRI PARA IS NCELED
• HORROR ON OSLO PRI DAY AS GUNMAN GO ON ADLY RAMPAGE AT GAY BAR
• 2 AD, 14 JURED MASS SHOOTG AT GAY CLUB NORWAY
• MAN WH WEAPONS WAS HEAD TO L.A. GAY PRI PARA
• 1 AD AFTER PEOPLE H BY TCK ACCINT AT SOUTH FLORIDA GAY PRI MARCH: POLICE

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.

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. Colorado Sprgs, the state’s send-most populo cy wh jt unr 500, 000 rints, is home to a number of ary bas and is the headquarters for Foc on the Fay, the nservative Christian group that says homosexualy and same-sex marriage are ss. He and his bs partner toured other succsful LGBTQ spac and noted a mon theme: “They were gay as hell, ” Grzecka told the outlet.

We knew we had to be gay as hell (to survive). Jared Polis, a Democrat and the natn’s first openly gay ernor, issued a statement Sunday llg the attack “horrific, sickeng and vastatg” and offered state rourc to lol law enforcement.

HORROR ON OSLO PRI DAY AS GUNMAN GO ON ADLY RAMPAGE AT GAY BAR

Polis told CNN’s Jim Asta there are only two gay bars Colorado Sprgs, and Club Q was one of the ma venu. A 42-year-old gunman was arrted and charged wh murr, attempted murr, and terrorist acts on Saturday after he killed two people and jured 21 durg an overnight shootg rampage and around an Oslo gay bar--jt hours before the cy was supposed to hold s annual Pri para. 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.

2 AD, 14 JURED MASS SHOOTG AT GAY CLUB NORWAY

SANTA MONICA () — Wh nerv rattled by a mass shootg at a gay nightclub Florida and the arrt of a spect rryg guns and explosive materials Santa Moni, secury was dramatilly creased Sunday at the 46th LA Pri Para and ftival Wt Hollywood. LA Pri is one of the natn's biggt public ftivals celebratg gay, lbian and other alternate liftyl, honorg the LGBTQ muny's past stggl while celebratg s future generatn of lears. Although tails were still emergg about the motivatns of the Orlando shooter -- who thori have emed a terrorist and who allegedly claimed allegiance to ISIS -- Los Angel Cy Controller Ron Galper, who is openly gay, said the massacre "appears to have been motivated by homophobia.

MAN WH WEAPONS WAS HEAD TO L.A. GAY PRI PARA

"As such, is a remr that homophobia is dangero and n be adly, " he said, addg that his plans to take part the Pri Para were not changed. "Even tho we n be placent about feelg gay rights are socially acceptable, It's obvly still a problem for a lot of people, " said Dredge Kang. NEW YORK -- The gay, lbian and transgenr muny has seen vlence before, om Harvey Milk to Matthew Shepard, and an ever-lengtheng list of transgenr women.

Sunday's massacre at a gay nightclub Orlando, Florida, grimly changed the equatn, stirrg munal fears and swiftly promptg tighter secury at gay pri events. This "is a tragic illtratn of the legimate safety fears that those our LGBT muny live wh every day, " said Mike Rawlg, the mayor of Dallas, where extra police were assigned to a neighborhood that is a hub of the lol gay muny. In a separate cint Sunday, a heavily armed man was arrted Southern California even as Mateen's attack was ongog, tellg police he was on his way to attack a gay pri Jam Wley, of Indiana, had asslt rifl, ammunn and chemils that uld be ed to make an explosive, acrdg to police, who said there was no evince of a nnectn to the Orlando massacre.

Before Sunday, the most proment cints of vlence agast gays claimed one life at a time.

1 AD AFTER PEOPLE H BY TCK ACCINT AT SOUTH FLORIDA GAY PRI MARCH: POLICE

The hight profile of the clud the murr of Milk, a pneerg gay polician San Francis 1978, and the 1998 murr of Shepard, a gay llege stunt Wyomg at the hands of two men who beat him to a a while he was tied to a fence.

"There have been a few prev attacks on gay nightclubs, but only one that ed a signifint number of aths. 31, 2013, about 750 people were celebratg New Year's Eve at Neighbours, a popular gay nightclub Seattle, when Mab Masmari poured gasole on a rpeted stairway and set ablaze.

Robert Matenc, who works as a host at Neighbours, said the club rpond to the arson attack by addg extra secury guards durg large special events, and trag employe crowd 's attack stck a place that has long been thought of as a safe haven for the muny -- the gay nightclub.