Germany's Alternative for Germany ( AfD ) party is reportedly focusing its response to last weekend's deadly attack at Berlin Pride on immigration and Islamist extremism, an analyst told the New York Times. Police shot and killed him.The day after the attack, Berlin AfD leader Kristin Brinker issued a statement that opened with the words: "Protect Berliners from violent Islamists!" Kai Arzheimer, a politics professor at the University of Mainz, said the Pride attack "will help the AfD" politically, though he claimed that "it's not perfect from their point of view, because of the target of the attack. "The AfD has long campaigned for tougher immigration policies and mass deportations while opposing many virtue-signaling Pride initiatives. "Brinker said the Berlin branch of the party does not oppose gay rights or Pride events.