Norway

Norwegian police arrested two more suspects on Sunday in connection with a shooting in and around a gay bar in the capital Oslo in June. Two people were killed and more than 20 injured. The detainees are a Norwegian and a Somali, both of whom have already been in contact with the police due to criminal activities. A suspect was arrested at the scene of the shooting in June. That was Zaniar Matapour, a Norwegian of Iranian descent who is said to have been the shooter. Police suspect the shooting was a terrorist attack. A fourth suspect is still being sought, a previously convicted Norwegian jihadist, Arfan Bhatti, who may have fled to Pakistan.

Norway commemorates Thursday the attacks that right-wing extremist Anders Behring Breivik committed ten years ago. Prime Minister Erna Solberg called on during a ceremony in the capital Oslo not to leave hatred unanswered.   Solberg spoke at the government offices where Breivik detonated an improvised car bomb on July 22, 2011. As a result, eight people were killed. The extremist then left for the island of Utøya, where he started shooting at left-wing youths who were holding a summer camp there. As a result, another 69 people were killed. Breivik subsequently surrendered and was sentenced to 21 years in prison. However, he may also remain incarcerated for longer if it is determined that he is still a danger to society. Prime Minister Solberg spoke with survivors and relatives of ...

At least eleven people are still missing after a major landslide in the south of Norway that took place in the night from Tuesday to Wednesday, the Norwegian channel NRK reports.   Ten people were injured, one of whom was seriously injured, according to the police. Several buildings have been badly damaged or collapsed. The landslide hit a neighbourhood in the town of Ask, about 40 kilometres northeast of the capital Oslo. The Norwegian authorities have evacuated more than 900 people in the area. The search for the missing continues throughout the night because it cannot be ruled out that people have been buried. The missing are people from the neighbourhood, adults and children, whom the police have not yet reached. The landslide measured 700 by 300 meters. It is not yet entire...

A man who wanted to carry out an attack on a mosque in Norway has been sentenced to 21 years in prison there.   The court ruled that 22-year-old Philip Manshaus was guilty of murder and terrorism. The Norwegian armed with firearms attacked the mosque in Bærum in August last year, about 20 kilometres west of the capital Oslo. The twenties were unable to kill or seriously injure anyone there. He did start shooting, but a 65-year-old believer was then able to take his weapons. Police later found the body of his seventeen-year-old stepsister Johanne Zhangjia Ihle-Hansen in Manshaus's house. He had shot her with a shotgun. Manshaus repeatedly demonstrated extreme right-wing and Islamophobic views during his trial.