'You are not alone in this fear,' says Berlin official

Alfonso Pantisano, the Berlin state government’s Queer Liaison Officer, says he was at the Brandenburg Gate last night when "everything changed in a few moments". Yesterday "should have been a day of joy, visibility and freedom", but instead became "a day we will never forget", he writes on social media. "To you, my dear community: I know that many of you are afraid right now. I don't want to pretend - I am, too. But you are not alone in this fear, in your grie