A shooting outside San Francisco’ gay pride parade on Saturday evening injured a bystander while riot police fired rubber pellets, tear gas and water canons to break up a similar event in Istanbul, Turkey on Sunday.
San Francico, CA, United States (4E) – A shooting outside San Francisco’ gay pride parade on Saturday evening injured a bystander while riot police fired rubber pellets, tear gas and water canons to break up a similar event in Istanbul, Turkey on Sunday.
The bystander, a 64-year-old man, was shot in the arm after one of the men from a group fired several shots at other groups of men during an argument near the tail end of the Pride Celebration in the area of United Nations Plaza near the Civic Center around 6 p.m., according to San Francisco police. The groups of men were not part of the Pride event and the shooting is believed to be unrelated to the celebration.
Police captured and detained several suspects on Market Street.
The wounded bystander was taken to San Francisco General Hospital, where he was listed in stable condition, according to police.
In Turkey, participants to the 13th Istanbul LGBTI Pride Parade were gathering for a march along the city’s central İstiklal Avenue when they were violently dispersed.
The Istanbul Governor’s Office banned the parade scheduled to start at 5 p.m. on June 28 at Taksim Square citing as reason the ongoing Ramadan, according to organizers of the event.
Source: wall street
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