Norway: Suspected terrorist attack outside LGBTQ nightclub kills 2
By DW
27 June 2022 |
7:31 am
Police said they were investigating an overnight mass shooting outside a bar popular with the LGBTQ community as a "terrorist act." Oslo's annual Pride parade, which was planned for Saturday, has been called off.
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