Cologne (dpa / lnw) – The Cologne police are preparing intensively for the coming weekend for Christopher Street Day (CSD). The Oslo attack is included in the ongoing risk analysis, a spokeswoman said on Wednesday. However, there are no indications of a specific risk situation. “But we are also in contact with all security authorities in the state and in the federal government.” In view of the expected hundreds of thousands of visitors, the police are of course deployed with additional forces at the three-day street festival and the CSD demonstration on Sunday.
The organizers of the CSD want to commemorate the victims of the attack with a minute’s silence after the end of the parade on Sunday afternoon. For this purpose, the stage program will be interrupted in all seats, said a spokesman. “It doesn’t matter what ideologies some people have in mind: we will continue to demonstrate loudly and peacefully for our rights.” The “Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger” had previously reported.
An attacker fired shots around a popular gay bar in Oslo on Saturday night. Two people died and 21 were injured. The Norwegian secret service PST classifies the attack as an Islamist terrorist attack.
