Two people stabbed and one shot during WorldPride parade

Two people were stabbed and another shot during the march at WorldPride in Washington DC at the weekend.

WorldPride, a global celebration of the LGBTQ+ community held in a different cities worldwide each year, took place in the US capital between 23 May and 8 June despite calls for a boycott from some queer groups in the face of anti-trans polices of the Trump administration and a travel warning issued by organisers.

According to police reports, officers were called Dupont Circle park at around 7pm on Saturday (7 June), and found two boys, aged 15 and 16, had been stabbed. Both taken to hospital. Their injuries are not believed to be life-threatening.

In a separate incident close by, about an hour later, a man was shot in the foot. He was

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