Hamburg Pride Draws 300,000 With Increased Security, A Week After Fatal Attack In Berlin

BERLIN — Hamburg’s Pride parade, 1 of Germany’s biggest, made its measurement done nan larboard metropolis pinch accrued information connected Saturday, a week aft a fatal onslaught adjacent its counterpart successful Berlin.

Police and organizers said that astir 300,000 group attended, compared pinch astir 260,000 past year, German news agency DPA reported. Hamburg’s constabulary main said earlier this week that astir doubly arsenic galore officers arsenic past twelvemonth would protect nan event.

The Hamburg event’s motto this clip was “Queer successful solidarity. Take a guidelines — for a early without fear.”

A precocious summation to nan dozens of trucks taking portion was 1 representing nan Berlin Pride arena — aliases Christopher Street Day, CSD for short, arsenic nan parades are known successful Germany. People connected that motortruck were asked to deterioration acheronian clothing arsenic a motion of respect for nan victims of past weekend’s attack.

“After nan sadistic onslaught connected nan CSD successful Berlin, galore are unsure successful nan queer organization but besides successful nine whether present and coming is nan correct place,” Hamburg’s lawman mayor, Katharina Fegebank, told RTL television. “I say, now much than ever.”

“When you look astatine nan ambiance here, you tin spot that there’s still joy. At least, that’s really it seems to me,” CSD organizer Manuel Opitz said. “I deliberation we transportation nan condolences successful our hearts — and Berlin successful our hearts, excessively — but we’re bringing our pridefulness retired onto nan streets, and you tin spot that.”

Late connected July 25, a driver plowed a van into group a fewer 100 yards from nan closing statement of nan Berlin Pride arena earlier attacking others pinch what appears to person been a machete. A female was killed and galore different group were injured.

The 21-year-old suspect, Abdul Ballout, was killed successful a confrontation pinch constabulary nan adjacent day. Investigators later recovered a video successful which a personification believed to beryllium Ballout claimed work and pledged allegiance to nan Islamic State group.

Prosecutors person said Ballout, who was calved successful Germany and has Lebanese roots, traveled to Lebanon successful 2025 pinch nan extremity of going to Syria to subordinate Islamic State. He made interaction pinch respective group who were presumed members, authorities said.