00:01At Berlin's Brandenburg Gate, a makeshift memorial is drawing residents who have come to pay tribute to the victims of
00:08Saturday's attack near the city's annual Pride event.
00:11As the city copes with the aftermath, some have expressed frustration that authorities failed to prevent the tragedy.
00:18The suspect, Abdul Balut, who killed one woman and injured 29 others as he plowed a van through a crowd
00:24before slashing away at people with a machete, was already known to authorities.
00:30I think it's already a little, that the state didn't really react, because they already had to do with a
00:37crime.
00:40And they had already had to do with it.
00:43Prosecutors said the suspect had previous convictions for causing bodily harm, extortion and robbery and had attempted to join the
00:51IS group in Syria.
00:53Politicians across the political spectrum were quick to denounce the attack and call for tougher measures against extremists.
01:00At the same time, members of Berlin's LGBTQ community have warned against allowing the far right to exploit the tragedy.
01:07It's just that the fears and fears will be taken seriously.
01:12It's been used for years, the queer community, but also the queer people, always used to be used to use
01:17if you can feel hate against foreigners or migrants or the Islam or anything else.
01:24And that you also listen to when we're not just in focus on the cause of this attack, but also
01:30when we're just so loud and make our mouth open.
01:34Saturday's attack marked the first time Berlin's LGBTQ community has been targeted in such a way in a city long
01:41known for its openness.
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