Norway gay bar gun attack video shown as trial starts

(BBC) A 44-year-old man has pleaded not guilty to terror charges at the start of a trial for the murder of two people in a gun attack on two bars in Oslo.

A three-minute police video was shown as the trial began, showing CCTV footage of how the 2022 attack unfolded outside the bars during Pride celebrations in the Norwegian capital.

Passers-by are then seen wrestling suspect Zaniar Matapour to the ground.

Prosecutors say the court will have to decide whether he was sane at the time.

Police video from three closed-circuit cameras followed the movements of the gunman, dressed in a yellow T-shirt and a cap, as he walked past first the Per pa Hjornet bar then the London Pub — which are both popular with Oslo’s gay community. He then began opening fire on people sitting outside at tables.

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