StarAvisStarAvisStarAvis
  • Home
  • News
  • Business
  • Literature
  • Science

Archives

  • September 2023
  • August 2023
  • July 2023
  • June 2023
  • May 2023
  • April 2023
  • March 2023
  • February 2023
  • January 2023
  • December 2022
  • November 2022
  • October 2022
  • September 2022
  • August 2022
  • July 2022
  • June 2022
  • May 2022
  • April 2022
  • February 2022
  • January 2022
  • December 2021
  • September 2021
  • July 2021
  • June 2021

Categories

  • Articles
  • Artificial intelligence
  • Arts & Design
  • Biography
  • Books
  • Business
  • Celebrities
  • Economy
  • Editorial
  • Entertainment
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Environment
  • Europe News
  • Fact check
  • Food
  • Geography
  • Health
  • Health Care
  • History
  • Internet
  • Lifestyle
  • Literature
  • Marketing
  • Medication
  • Movies
  • News
  • Opinion
  • Personal Finance
  • Podcast
  • Politics
  • Science
  • SEO
  • Sports
  • Technology
  • Top 10
  • Travel
  • TV
  • U.K News
  • U.S. News
  • World News
Reading: Norway on highest terror alert after two killed in mass shootings
Share
Notification Show More
Aa
StarAvisStarAvis
Aa
  • World
  • Travel
  • Opinion
  • Science
  • Technology
  • Fashion
  • Home
    • Home 1
    • Home 2
    • Home 3
    • Home 4
    • Home 5
  • Categories
    • Technology
    • Opinion
    • Travel
    • Fashion
    • World
    • Science
    • Health
  • Bookmarks
  • More Foxiz
    • Sitemap
Have an existing account? Sign In
Follow US
© 2022 Foxiz News Network. Ruby Design Company. All Rights Reserved.
StarAvis > Latest > News > World News > Norway on highest terror alert after two killed in mass shootings
World NewsNews

Norway on highest terror alert after two killed in mass shootings

StarAvis Desk
Last updated: 2022/06/25 at 10:08 PM
StarAvis Desk Published June 25, 2022
Share
7 Min Read
SHARE

PST security service believes suspect is radicalised Islamist with history of mental illness and violence

Norway’s security service has raised its terror alert to the highest level, saying it believes the suspect arrested after two people were killed in overnight shootings in Oslo is a radicalised Islamist with a history of mental illness.

Norway’s PST intelligence service said on Saturday that the 42-year-old Norwegian national of Iranian origin had been known to security services since 2015.

Roger Berg, the acting PST chief, told a news conference the terror alert was being raised from “moderate” to “extraordinary”. He said the attacks were “an extreme Islamist terror act” and that there was “an unresolved terrorist situation”.

He said intelligence services had spoken to the suspect last month. They did not consider him to have violent intentions but were aware that he had “difficulties with his mental health”.

The consecutive shootings in three locations in central Oslo, including a gay bar, came hours before the start of Norway’s Pride celebrations, which were called off – though several thousand people walked the route of the capital’s parade in solidarity.

“Obviously the atmosphere has been marked by this tragedy,” one marcher, Håve Fjell, told the public broadcaster NRK. “But it’s good to see so many defying fear and standing up against hatred and prejudice.” Cancelling the parade was the wrong decision, he said: “That just gives a bigger victory to the perpetrator.”

Norwegian media reported that the suspect was of Iranian Kurdish origin and had arrived in Norway as a child. Berg said the suspect, who had “a long history of violence and threats”, had been on the PST’s radar “in connection with concerns about his radicalisation” and membership “in an Islamist extremist network”.

The PST has previously characterised attacks by suspects with known mental health problems as “acts of terror”, such as that carried out last year with a bow-and-arrows and other weapons in Kongsberg, outside Oslo in which five people were killed.

The suspect in those killings, Espen Andersen Bråthen, had once briefly been flagged for radicalisation but was transferred after the attack to the public health service amid concerns over his mental health and doubts he could be held legally responsible.

A senior police lawyer, Christian Hatlo, told a news conference earlier on Saturday that 10 people had been seriously injured in the shootings and 11 more were slightly wounded. Two weapons, a pistol and an automatic rifle, had been seized, he said.

The alleged gunman was suspected of “murder, attempted murder and terrorist acts”, public broadcaster NRK reported the prosecutor as saying. “There is reason to think that this concerns a hate crime. That is one of the hypotheses.”

Police said they were investigating “whether Pride was a target in itself, or there were other motives”. Officials’ initial assessment was that “there are grounds to believe he wanted to cause grave fear in the population”, Hatlo said.

https://3637e925550a9fa0e9df0537c7e1c286.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-38/html/container.html

The Verdens Gang newspaper reported that the suspect had previously been convicted of aggravated assault, illegal possession of weapons and on drugs offences and had also been investigated for attempted murder, but that case had been dropped.

In one case, the paper reported, an appeal court ruling had referred to the man’s “obvious mental health problems”, the paper said. Hatlo said psychiatric problems could be a factor. “We have to go through his full medical history,” he said.

The suspect’s lawyer, John Christian Elden, told NRK the killings were being treated as a terror attack. “I think that may be premature, but I understand the police do it that way,” he said. “I expect there to be an examination of his mental health condition.”

First reports of the shootings, which happened at the London Pub, a popular bar for the LGBTQ+ community, a nearby jazz club, and a takeaway food outlet, were received at 1.14am, hours before the city’s Pride celebrations were due to start.

Organisers said they had called off the march and all related events after receiving “clear advice and recommendations” from the police. “Now we will follow the police’s recommendations and take care of each other,” they said.

“Warm thoughts and love go to relatives, the injured and others affected. We will soon be proud and visible again, but today we will hold and share Pride celebrations from home,” said Inger Kristin Haugsevje, the leader of Oslo Pride.

A witness said the suspect, who was arrested within five minutes of the shootings, had looked “very determined about where he was aiming. There was a bleeding man lying on the ground,” she told Verdens Gang.

Another witness quoted by the paper described “a lot of injured people on the ground who had head injuries”. An NRK radio journalist who was present at the time of the shooting said the shooter arrived with a bag from which he pulled out a weapon.

Police cordon off an area of central Oslo after a shooting on June 25, 2022. © via Reuters, NTB

“First I thought it was an air gun. Then the glass of the bar next door was shattered and I understood I had to run for cover,” Olav Rønneberg said.

Norway’s prime minister, Jonas Gahr Støre, said Norway had “once again been hit by a brutal attack on innocent people. When the perpetrator started shooting, the world changed from happiness, laughter and love, to hatred, bullets and murder.”

Støre added: “Even though we do not know that the queer community was the target, the queer community were the victims. We know many of you are scared, despairing and furious. We share that despair. We stand together.”

King Harald said he and his family were “horrified by the night’s shooting tragedy … We sympathise with all relatives and affected and send warm thoughts to all who are now scared, restless and in grief,” he said.

Source: The Guardian

Follow us on Google News

You Might Also Like

NATO Chief Warns of Prolonged Conflict in Ukraine

Iranian Protests Mark the First Anniversary of Mahsa Amini’s Death

The Journey to Derna: A Tale of Devastation and Despair

Key Takeaways from the Vladimir Putin-Kim Jong-un Summit

Russia’s termination of agreement triggers warning on Black Sea grain shipments

Share This Article
Twitter Email Copy Link Print
Share
Previous Article Bangladesh’s Padma Bridge inaugurated
Next Article Thousands demonstrate in Madrid ahead of NATO summit
Leave a comment

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

You Might Also Like

NATO Chief Warns of Prolonged Conflict in Ukraine
News

NATO Chief Warns of Prolonged Conflict in Ukraine

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg issued a cautionary message, emphasizing that the war in Ukraine may endure for an extended…

4 Min Read
Iranian Protests Mark the First Anniversary of Mahsa Amini's Death
World News

Iranian Protests Mark the First Anniversary of Mahsa Amini’s Death

Iran witnessed widespread protests on Saturday as people commemorated the first anniversary of the tragic death of Mahsa Amini. The…

3 Min Read
The Journey to Derna: A Tale of Devastation and Despair
News

The Journey to Derna: A Tale of Devastation and Despair

Once a picturesque drive from Benghazi, the road to the Libyan city of Derna has become a haunting ordeal. Fields…

5 Min Read
Key Takeaways from the Vladimir Putin-Kim Jong-un Summit
Politics

Key Takeaways from the Vladimir Putin-Kim Jong-un Summit

Meeting in Russia's Far East Raises Concerns In a recent summit between Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong-un, the United States…

4 Min Read
StarAvis StarAvis White

News

  • World
  • Advertise

Technology

  • Innovate
  • Gadget
  • PC hardware
  • Review
  • Software

Health

  • Medicine
  • Children
  • Coronavirus
  • Nutrition
  • Disease

Culture

  • Stars
  • Screen
  • Culture
  • Media
  • Videos

More

  • Fashion
  • Travel
  • Opinion
  • Science
  • Health

Subscribe

  • Google News
  • Digital Subscription
  • Games
  • Cooking
Copyright 2011-2023 © StarAvis Network. All Rights Reserved.
 

Loading Comments...
 

    Welcome Back!

    Sign in to your account

    Lost your password?