Scandal at commemoration: Fundi-Christ raises “Jesus” against mourners
During a mourning rally held in front of the Anna Column in memory of the transman Malte C. who was killed in Münster, Germany, a disturbing scandal broke out. A participant in the “Austria prays” movement, who also wanted to hold their prayer round in front of the Anna column, first provoked a participant in the rally and then “got into conflict with Jesus”.
INNSBRUCK. Disturbing images played out on the sidelines of a scheduled mourning rally in memory of trans man Malte C., who died in hospital in Munster, Germany last week after being severely beaten as a result of his attempt to de-escalate a conflict on Christopher Street Day. that he died as a result of a craniocerebral trauma. The rally on Maria-Theresien-Straße was initially completely peaceful and focused on reflection. When many participants were already about to leave after the commemoration, a participant from the “Austria prays” movement confronted the initiator of the commemoration, which was also attended by many LGBTQIA* community members. The man initially did not respond to several requests from the organizer to please leave her alone and go. Assuming the organizers, the man is said to have described the participants in the mourning event as “lost souls”, “for whom”, the “Austria prays movement”, then began to pray loudly on the other side of the monument.
Disturbing Scenes
Provoked by the confirmed statements and the loud prayers, the organizers of the mourning rally turned up the loudspeakers they had brought with them, while the same participant in the prayer group who had previously fanned the conflict marched towards the rally participants with his life-size Jesus banner. When asked by the BezirksBlätter editor who was present, the summoned police informed that the provocateur was a well-known “difficult person”, but that both events were registered. Why a mourning rally with an LGBTQIA* background was allowed to take place at the same time as an event to which some apparently staunch Catholics belong is something the police themselves could not answer.
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