Overview

• A 20-year-old man in Wernigerode threatened to open fire on participants of this year’s Christopher Street Day parade.
• Officers searched his Hasserode district home on June 7, uncovering ammunition and a locked safe whose contents remain unknown.
• Prosecutors have not arrested the suspect due to insufficient grounds but are examining possible breaches of Germany’s weapons law.
• Around 360 people attended the Christopher Street Day event on Pfingstsamstag under heightened security and faced no disruptions.
• Local SPD politician Tobias Kascha condemned the threats as unacceptable and called for continued protection of LGBTQ+ demonstrators.