About 20 people
were injured in a tear gas attack at the Czech gay
pride parade Saturday in the city of Brno, according to
Agence France-Presse.
The attack caused
the planned two-hour parade to halt after about 20
minutes. The parade route had already been shortened after
right-wing protesters threw eggs and fireworks into
a crowd of participants gathering for the parade,
AFP reported, but the attack ended it. Police ended up
detaining 15 people and charging three with breaching the
peace. After the tear gas attack, two people required
emergency medical treatment, and one police officer
collapsed and was hospitalized.
The event was the
nation's first gay pride observance. The parade
had about 500 participants and several hundred
spectators. (The Advocate)