{"id":60966,"date":"2026-08-01T11:23:27","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T15:23:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/pride-march-draws-hundreds-of-thousands-in-germany-week-after-attack\/01\/08\/2026\/"},"modified":"2026-08-01T11:23:27","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T15:23:27","slug":"pride-march-draws-hundreds-of-thousands-in-germany-week-after-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/pride-march-draws-hundreds-of-thousands-in-germany-week-after-attack\/01\/08\/2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Pride march draws hundreds of thousands in Germany week after attack"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n<\/p>\n
\n
Some 300,000 people took part in a Pride march in Germany’s northern city of Hamburg on Saturday, a week after a jihadist attack on a similar march in Berlin left one dead and several dozen injured.<\/p>\n
Under clear skies, people of all ages waved rainbow flags as they march on foot or rode in floats through the city, according to an AFP photographer.<\/p>\n
“Solidarity among LGBT people, take a stand for a future without fear,” read some of the placards.<\/p>\n
Both police and march organisers put the turnout at around 300,000.<\/p>\n
Police were out in force, one week after a man who had reportedly pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group in a video ploughed a minivan into a crowd near the parade in Berlin.<\/p>\n
A 65-year-old Polish woman was killed and another 31 people were injured.<\/p>\n
The alleged attacker, 21-year-old Abdul Rahman Ballout, was shot dead by police, who said he had run at them with a bladed weapon.<\/p>\n
Ballout, a German citizen with Lebanese roots, was known to the criminal justice system and last year travelled to Lebanon in a failed attempt to fight for IS.<\/p>\n