'A Hate Crime': Oslo Pride Parade Canceled After Deadly Shooting at Gay Bar

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A 42-year-old gunman has been charged with terrorism following what Norway's prime minister called a 'terrible and deeply shocking attack on innocent people.'

"I had a bit of panic and thought that if the shooter or shooters were to arrive, we'd all be dead," he added."There was no way out."

"Many people were crying and screaming, the injured were screaming, people were distressed and scared—very, very scared," NybakkenAlthough the city's Pride parade was canceled as a result of the attack,reported that"several thousand people began what appeared to be a spontaneous march in central Oslo, waving rainbow flags and chanting in English: 'We're here, we're queer, we won't disappear.

National security authorities raised Norway's terrorism threat assessment to its highest level following the attack.

 

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