A tragic turn at a gay pride parade in the USA: a truck accelerated in the crowd and caught several people. One man did not survive. The mayor speaks of terror.
At a gay pride parade in the US state of Florida, the driver of a pickup truck drove into the crowd and killed at least one man. US media reported it was unclear whether the incident at Wilton Manors near Fort Lauderdale was a deliberate attack. The van driver was provisionally arrested. The investigation into the circumstances is ongoing.
The delivery van initially joined the parade floats for the rights of LGBT people, reported the local broadcaster Local 10 News. But then he accelerated and knocked over at least two men.
“We pray for the victims and their families”
One of them died, said Fort Lauderdale Mayor Dean Trantalis, who attended the parade. According to him, the van drove towards the convertible belonging to Democratic Congressman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, but missed the car.
“I am deeply shaken and devastated,” said Wasserman Schultz, according to a local report in an averaging. “We pray for the victims and their loved ones while law enforcement agencies investigate.”
Mayor expresses suspicion of terrorism
Mayor Trantalis was convinced that it was a deliberate act, namely “a terrorist attack against the LGBT community “, acted. The president of the Fort Lauderdale Gay Men’s Chorus contradicted this assumption: “As far as I know, this was not an attack on the LGBT community “, so Justin Knight. The driver of the evening was also a member.
The police said the US news channel NBC, no possibility is currently ruled out. Examine all options. The English abbreviation LGBT stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender.
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