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LGBT+ Leader Links Terror Attack to Far-Right Extremism, Later Calls it a Mistake
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LGBT+ Leader Links Terror Attack to Far-Right Extremism, Later Calls it a Mistake

From Berlingske · () Danish

Translated from Danish, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • Susanne Branner, head of secretariat at LGBT+ Denmark, wrongly linked far-right extremism to a recent Islamic terror attack in Berlin.
  • She has since acknowledged that her statement was a mistake.
  • The attack involved a perpetrator driving a van into a crowd at a pride event in Berlin.

Susanne Branner, the secretariat chief of LGBT+ Denmark, has retracted a statement in which she linked far-right extremists to a recent Islamic terror attack in Berlin. Branner, who leads Denmark's largest and oldest political organization for LGBT+ individuals, admitted that her initial assertion was an error.

The incident in question occurred when a 21-year-old suspect, identified as Abdul B., drove a van into a crowd at a pride event in Berlin. German police quickly classified the act as an Islamist terror attack. The suspect was killed by police after a 20-hour manhunt, but the investigation into the incident is ongoing.

Branner's initial comments, which drew a connection between the attack and far-right elements, have now been clarified. Her acknowledgment of a mistake suggests a correction to the narrative surrounding the Berlin attack, emphasizing the police's classification of the event as Islamist-motivated.

She acknowledges that it was a mistake.

— BerlingskeReporting on Susanne Branner's retraction of her statement.
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Originally published by Berlingske in Danish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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