(Euro Weekly) Two sisters who left Norway to join the terror group IS in Syria have concluded their controversial trial in Oslo, where their defence has portrayed them as victims of circumstance and youthful naivety. The siblings, who grew up in a […]
(AFP) Norway’s intelligence agency lowered its terror threat level from “high” to “moderate” on Thursday, saying the threat posed by Iran against Jewish and Israeli targets had waned. The decision brings the threat level down to three on a scale of five, […]
(Views and News from Norway) Abid Raja has long been an outspoken, controversial but popular politician for Norway’s Liberal Party (Venstre). Now he’s under special protection by Norway’s domestic intelligence agency PST, after being threatened during a presentation of his latest book […]
(AP) Norway is introducing temporary border checks on its frontiers with other Western European nations after the domestic security agency raised the terror threat level, police said Saturday. The checks will apply until Oct. 22, according to a police statement. It cited […]
(AFP) Norway’s intelligence agency on Tuesday raised its terror threat level to “high,” fearing fallout from escalating tensions in the Middle East. The announcement, which brings the threat level to four on a scale of five, comes after attacks last week on […]
(Views and News from Norway) The Norwegian defense attorney for Mullah Krekar, a former refugee who later faced multiple charges tied to terrorism, has launched a new effort to bring Krekar “home” from a jail in Italy. Norwegian officials are not willing […]
(Reuters) An Iranian-born Norwegian man convicted of murder and terrorism over a deadly shooting rampage at an Oslo gay bar in 2022 has appealed his case, a lawyer for the victims said on Thursday. An Oslo court this month convicted Zaniar Matapour, […]
(AP) An Iranian-born Norwegian man was found guilty of terrorism on Thursday in a 2022 attack on an LGBTQ+ festival in Oslo and sentenced to 30 years in prison. Two people were killed and nine were seriously wounded in the shooting at […]
(AP) A radical Norwegian Islamist who is suspected of complicity in the deadly shooting at an LGBTQ+ festival in Oslo two years ago has been expelled from Pakistan and is on his way to Norway, the Scandinavian country’s government said Friday. Two […]
(Anadolu) Salwan Momika, an Iraqi Christian known for publicly burning copies of the Holy Quran, is back in Sweden after rejection of his asylum request in Norway and spending two weeks in prison. The Swedish Migration Agency had revoked Momika’s residency permit, […]
(Anadolu) Salwan Momika, an Iraqi Christian known for publicly burning copies of Islam’s holy book [the] Quran in Sweden, has been arrested in Norway, with authorities saying his presence poses a threat to the Nordic country, local media reported on Thursday. In […]
(AP) An Iraqi man who carried out several Quran burnings in Sweden told a newspaper on Wednesday that he would seek asylum in neighboring Norway in the wake of a deportation order by authorities in Stockholm. Salwan Momika, 37, has staged several […]
(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, […]
(Euro Weekly) In a coordinated effort between Spanish and Norway authorities, a Spanish woman evading justice has been apprehended in Norway. The arrest, carried out under a European arrest and surrender order issued by the National Court, was down to the successful […]
(AFP) A Norwegian court has jailed for 19 months a woman who chased and then rammed a vehicle carrying an anti-Islam extremist who had just burned a Koran. The woman was found guilty of an attempt to inflict serious bodily harm, according […]
(AP) A Norwegian citizen originally from Iran was charged Friday with aggravated terrorism for the 2022 deadly shooting ahead of an LGBTQ festival in the nightlife district of the capital, Oslo. Two people were killed and nine seriously wounded in the shooting […]
(National-UAE) Norwegian police on Thursday said that they had opened an investigation into statements made by an Iraqi resident in a widely circulated series of videos, in which he claims to have committed several murders while he was a member of a […]
(AFP) Psychiatric experts in Norway are at odds over the mental health, and associated legal responsibility, of a shooter who killed two people on the sidelines of Oslo’s 2022 Pride festival, police said Thursday. On the night of June 25, 2022, a […]
(Local) Norway will not change its freedom of expression laws to prohibit the burning of the Quran, its foreign minister has said. However, those who damage the holy text can still be charged with hate speech. A series of high-profile Quran burnings […]
(Local) Had information of a potential attack been followed up by intelligence services, a shooting that left two people dead in Oslo last June could have been prevented, a report [on] the incident has found. The attack, which left two people dead […]
(AFP) Norway said Tuesday it was repatriating from Syria two sisters who went there as teenagers as well as their three children, citing abysmal conditions in the refugee camp where they were housed. “The living conditions in the camps are extremely bad […]
(Local) Norway will not follow in the footsteps of neighbours Denmark and grant asylum to Afghan women based on their gender, Minister of Justice Emilie Enger Mehl has said. Afghanistan is currently the world’s most oppressive country for women, according to the […]
(Local) Being discriminated against by public institutions, feeling as if they had to hide their religious identity and harassment were some of the experiences Muslims in Norway told a report they had been through in the past year. A full 43 percent […]
(National-UAE) A planned demonstration outside the Turkish embassy in Oslo has been banned amid fears it would become a Quran-burning protest, Norwegian police have said. Turkey summoned Norway’s ambassador on Thursday over the planned protest that was expected to take place on […]
(AP) Two more suspects have been arrested in connection with a deadly shooting during the Norwegian capital’s annual LGBTQ Pride festival, police said Monday. The total number of suspects is now at four. A 42-year-old Norwegian citizen originally from Iran was arrested […]
(AFP) Norwegian police said on Friday they had issued an international arrest warrant for a second suspect over a shooting in June that killed two people near a gay bar in central Oslo. Police initially told a press conference they were seeking, […]
(AFP) A Norwegian court on Wednesday decided that a suspect behind a shooting in Oslo that left two dead and 21 wounded would be admitted to a psychiatric hospital for evaluation. “The court believes that an investigation in an institution is necessary […]
(AFP) The leader of an extremist Norwegian anti-Islamic group was in a spectacular car chase and collision on Saturday, minutes after burning a Koran on the outskirts of Oslo. Norwegian police said they arrested two people, including the driver of a car […]
(Breitbart) The suspect in the Oslo Pride shooting attack that left two dead and at least ten injured last weekend at a local gay bar is said to have had direct contact with the leader of an Islamist group. Iranian national Zaniar Matapour, […]
(AP) A man held over a suspected Islamist deadly weekend shooting ahead of an LGBTQ festival in Oslo is still refusing to talk to police, making it hard to establish whether he had any accomplices, Norwegian authorities said Wednesday. Zaniar Matapour, a […]
(AP) The suspect in a deadly shooting ahead of an LGBTQ festival in the Norwegian capital, which authorities are treating as an Islamist attack, was ordered held Monday in pre-trial detention for four weeks — two of them in solitary confinement. He […]
(AP) The suspect in a mass shooting during an LGBTQ festival in Norway has refused to explain his actions to investigators and will remain in pretrial custody for the next four weeks, police and his defense lawyer said Sunday. The man, whom […]
(AP) A gunman opened fire in Oslo’s nightlife district early Saturday, killing two people and leaving more than 20 wounded in what the Norwegian security service called an “Islamist terror act” during the capital’s annual LGBTQ Pride festival. Investigators said the suspect, […]
(AP) A man was found guilty Friday of murder and attempted murder for fatally stabbing five people and wounding four others in southern Norway when he attacked strangers with a bow and arrows and knives. The Buskerud District Court sentenced Espen Andersen […]
(AP) Two men have been arrested in Norway and Bulgaria, respectively, for having “expressed support” for Al-Qaida through “internet-based activities,” Norway’s domestic security agency said Wednesday. One suspect was arrested in Oslo and the other — identified as a Norwegian student — […]
(AP) A man charged with killing five people and wounding four others in southern Norway when he attacked strangers with a bow and arrows and knives pleaded guilty Wednesday to murder and attempted murder. “I admit criminal guilt for the entire charges,” […]
(Local) Norwegian police used tear gas against several people during a Koran-burning demonstration on Saturday afternoon, after hundreds of counter-demonstrators clashed with police in the town of Sandefjord. The anti-Muslim organisation “Sian” held the demonstration in Sandefjord, which is about 90 kilometres […]
(AP) A Norwegian citizen who became a member of al-Qaida in Yemen has been arrested in Yemen by the country’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels, Norwegian broadcaster NRK said Monday. According to the report, Anders Cameroon Østensvig Dale is being held in a hospital […]
(Courthouse News) Norway violated the human rights of a Muslim refugee from Somalia when authorities removed her child from her care and placed him with a Christian family, Europe’s top rights court held Friday. The European Court of Human Rights found that […]
(Breitbart) A 33-year-old Russian national who was shot in Oslo on Tuesday after attempting to carry out a knife attack on random bystanders was also behind a similar attack that took place in 2019. The 33-year-old, who was shirtless and barefoot at […]
(AP) A man reportedly armed with a knife threatened passers-by on the streets of the Norwegian capital, Oslo, on Tuesday, before being shot dead by police, officials said. Norwegian media published footage of the alleged attacker, naked from the waist up and […]
(AFP) Norwegian police said on Wednesday that 24 people were now being treated as victims of a bow and arrow attack earlier this month in which five people were killed. A man rampaged through the town of Kongsberg west of Oslo on […]
(AP) Norway’s domestic intelligence agency says that such attacks as the one in the town of Kongsberg earlier this month are highly difficult to anticipate and prevent, and are likely to happen again in an open society such as Norway. “This type […]
(AP) Norwegian police say the Danish man suspected of killing five people and injuring three others in an attack last week also used “stabbing weapons” along with a bow and arrow to kill his victims. Police inspector Per Thomas Omholt said it […]
(AFP) A bow-and-arrow attack in Norway that left five people dead this week appears to have been motivated by mental illness, authorities indicated Friday, as the perpetrator was ordered to be kept in a medical facility. Espen Andersen Brathen, a 37-year-old Danish […]
(Reuters) A bow-and-arrow attack in which a Danish convert to Islam is suspected of killing five people in a Norwegian town appears to have been an “act of terror,” police said on Thursday. Investigators named the suspect as Espen Andersen Braathen, a […]
(AP) A man armed with a bow fired arrows at shoppers in a small Norwegian town Wednesday, killing five people before he was arrested, authorities said. The police chief in the community of Kongsberg, near the capital of Oslo, said there was […]
(JTA) A Muslim imam in Norway who has led interfaith dialogue projects has made antisemitic statements on Facebook, including on how Jews are dangerous and “should be killed,” for years. The Norway branch of Minhaj-ul-Quran, an international Muslim organization that is considered […]
(AP) A Norwegian court has sentenced a Syrian teenager to five years in prison for planning an act of terror in Norway by using poison or explosives, and for having supported the Islamic State extremist group. The Oslo District Court suspended three […]
(Al-Jazeera) Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden to repatriate more than 160 Nordic nationals, most of whom are children, from northeast Syria. As many as 30 Danes, 22 Finns, 37 Norwegians, and 65 to 75 Swedes […]
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