After the attack which left two dead and 21 injured, near bars in central Oslo on the night of Friday to Saturday, the police announced that they were investigating “a terrorist attack”.
The shooting took place around 1 a.m. outside a pub, Per på hjørnet, where the two deaths are to be deplored, then in front of an adjoining gay club, the London Pub, in the center of the capital. Norwegian, so crowded on this hot summer night.
“The police are investigating the facts as a terrorist act,” she said in a statement, without providing further details at this stage.
Pride parade canceled
The LGBT Pride March scheduled for Saturday afternoon in Oslo has been cancelled.
The police initially said they were investigating to see if there was “a connection” between the attack and the events organized in connection with the Pride March.
“As far as we can be sure at this stage, there was only one person” behind the shooting and “he is under our control”, said a police official, Tore Barstad, during a point of view. hurry. However, the police force has been reinforced in the capital to deal with possible other incidents.
The man arrested Saturday at 1:19 a.m., five minutes after the first reports, is a Norwegian of Iranian origin, according to the police. According to NRK radio, he was known to the police and his home was searched.
On a video filmed by a mobile phone and broadcast by the newspaper Verdens Gang (VG), we see three police officers controlling a man on the ground. Civilians assisted in the capture of the suspect as well as in first aid, according to the police who hailed “a heroic contribution”.
The area, which is located near the courthouse, has been cordoned off.
Norwegian Prime Minister affirms his support “for homosexuals who are now afraid”
“The shooting outside the London Pub in Oslo tonight is a horrific and deeply shocking attack on innocent people,” Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre said. “We don’t yet know the reasons for this terrible act but to the homosexuals who now fear and mourn, I want to say that we are all together with you,” he wrote on Facebook.
The President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Tiny Kox, said he was “shocked” on Twitter by this attack “which seems to have specifically targeted the LGBTI community”. “Our Assembly is doing everything it can to put an end to hate crimes,” he added.
According to the police, eight injured were transported to hospital and six others taken care of by a medical permanence. The University Hospital of Oslo has meanwhile mentioned 19 injured, eight hospitalized and eleven treated by the medical service.
A new report shows 21 injured, ten seriously.