1000's rallied within the Czech capital Wednesday to honor two Slovak homosexual males shot useless this month exterior a bar in Slovakia, and demanded higher safety of LGBTQ individuals and their households.
The gathering in Prague’s central Wenceslas Sq. was held the identical day the funerals of Matúš Horváth and Juraj Vankulič had been carried out in Slovakia.
Police mentioned they boosted their presence on the Prague rally after they detained a person who was threatening to make use of a gun in opposition to the LGBTQ individuals on the sq..
“We need to dwell with out worry,” one of many banners on show learn. “A terrorist deliberately killed LGBTQ individuals,” mentioned Czeslaw Walek, one of many organizers. “Solely accidentally did he not kill extra.”
Walek mentioned some 17,000 individuals to this point have signed a petition calling on the Czech authorities and Parliament to approve laws that will give LGBTQ individuals the identical safety that ethnic, racial and different minorities get pleasure from. The petition additionally calls for that the nation permits same-sex marriages.
The 2 Slovaks had been killed two weeks in the past in entrance of a bar that could be a well-liked spot for the native LGBTQ neighborhood within the Slovak capital of Bratislava.
The 19-year-old suspect was discovered useless. Police mentioned he seemingly shot himself in his head.
The suspect posted a racist textual content on Twitter voicing hatred for Jews and LGBTQ individuals, and posts in regards to the taking pictures.
Police had been initially investigating the killings as a hate crime however later mentioned they suspected it was a terror act. They mentioned the suspect was seemingly planning to focus on different individuals, together with Slovak Prime Minister Eduard Heger.
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