LTerror has gripped Oslo. Two people were killed in shootings on the night of Friday June 24 to Saturday June 25 in the center of the Norwegian capital. The shooting left 2 dead and 21 injured, 10 of them seriously. The vital prognosis of the injured is not or no longer engaged. The track of an act of Islamist terrorism is privileged.
Quickly arrested, the alleged perpetrator of the attack “has a long history of violence and threats”, declared Roger Berg, the head of the Norwegian internal intelligence services (PST), in charge of anti-terrorism. The PST had him on its radar “since 2015 in connection with concerns about his radicalization” and his membership in “an extremist Islamist network”, but interviews with him last month led to the conclusion that he had no of “violent intentions”, he said during a press conference. Oslo police previously presented the suspect as a 42-year-old Norwegian of Iranian descent. The PST is also aware of “difficulties related to his mental health”, said Roger Berg.
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Emmanuel Macron called on Saturday for unity “in the face of hatred” and “the barbarity of an Islamist terrorist”. “Oslo was hit last night by the barbarity of an Islamist terrorist. My heartfelt thoughts go out to the victims and their families, to the injured, to the Norwegian people,” wrote the Head of State in a tweet, saying that “in the face of hatred, we will always be stronger united”.
Canceled LGBT Pride March
The shooting happened around 1am (2300 GMT Friday) near the London Pub, a gay club in the center of the Norwegian capital. According to the media NRK, there are three crime scenes without it being known whether they are three totally different places. Saturday afternoon’s LGBT Pride March 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.
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In a video released by Verdens Gang (VG), we see three police officers restraining 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”. However, the police force has been reinforced in the capital to deal with possible other incidents.
“A terrible attack”
Two weapons were seized. A witness mentioned the use of an automatic weapon – information that the police did not confirm – and spoke of “a scene of war”. “There were plenty of injured people on the ground who had head injuries,” he said. According to NRK, the shooter arrived with a bag, from which he pulled out a weapon with which he fired.
In the early hours of the morning, a bag was still lying on the ground at the scene of the shooting around which specialists from the technical and scientific police were busy. The area, which is located near the courthouse, has been cordoned off. “The shooting outside the London Pub in Oslo tonight is a horrific and deeply shocking attack on innocent people,” Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store 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.
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The shooting of July 22, 2011
Generally peaceful, Norway was the scene of bloody attacks on July 22, 2011. That day, right-wing extremist Anders Behring Breivik killed 77 people in a bomb attack on the government headquarters in Oslo and a shooting against a gathering of young laborers on the island of Utoya.