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Legal

Shooter in deadly Oslo Pride gay bar attack appeals conviction

July 25, 2024 Louise Rasmussen  

(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, […]

Legal

Iranian-born Norwegian man found guilty in 2022 Oslo LGBT+ festival attack, sentenced to 30 years

July 4, 2024 Jan M. Olsen  

(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 […]

Law Enforcement

Norwegian Islamist wanted over deadly shooting at LGBTQ+ festival is being sent back from Pakistan

May 3, 2024 Jan M. Olsen  

(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 […]

Health & Medicine

Norway gay bar gun attack video shown as trial starts

March 12, 2024 Paul Kirby  

(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, […]

Legal

Iranian-born Norwegian man is charged over deadly Oslo Pride attack in 2022

November 10, 2023 Jan M. Olsen  

(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 […]

Health & Medicine

Experts split on mental health of Oslo Pride shooter

August 17, 2023 Unlisted Author  

(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 […]

Law Enforcement

Report finds Oslo shooting could have been avoided

June 8, 2023 Frazer Norwell  

(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 […]

Law Enforcement

2 more arrests in deadly attack during Norway Pride festival

September 26, 2022 Unlisted Author  

(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 […]

Law Enforcement

Norway police seek second suspect in deadly Oslo shooting

September 23, 2022 Unlisted Author  

(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, […]

LGBT

Swedish LGBT writer demands mosques welcome and include homosexuals

July 18, 2022 Chris Tomlinson  

(Breitbart) Swedish writer Jonas Gardell has demanded that mosques welcome and include members of the LGBT community and examine their attitudes toward homosexuals following the Oslo gay pub shooting. Jonas Gardell, who self-identifies as gay, stated that after two people were killed […]

Health & Medicine

Norway orders forced psychiatric probe of shooting suspect

July 13, 2022 Unlisted Author  

(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 […]

Crime

Norwegian anti-Islam extremist’s car rammed after Koran burned

July 2, 2022 Unlisted Author  

(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 […]

Demonstrations

Alleged Oslo Pride attacker had contact with known Islamic radical

June 29, 2022 Chris Tomlinson  

(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, […]

Law Enforcement

Norway: Pride attack suspect still won’t talk to police

June 29, 2022 Unlisted Author  

(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 […]

Legal

Norway: Deadly Pride attack suspect jailed, refuses to talk

June 27, 2022 Kostya Manenkov and Jan M. Olsen  

(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 […]

Law Enforcement

Norway: Suspect in Pride Month attack won’t talk to police

June 26, 2022 Kostya Manenkov and Jari Tanner  

(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 […]

Law Enforcement

Norway shaken by attack that kills 2 during Pride festival

June 25, 2022 Maria Sanminiatelli and Karl Ritter  

(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, […]

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