An Iranian immigrant in Norway on Saturday at around On 1 night, the popular gay nightclub London Pub Oslo was attacked, killing two and injuring twenty-one, police said. The alleged 42-year-old armed Zaniar Matapur, who was well known for national security, was arrested within minutes and has since been charged with terrorism. Eight of the injured were hospitalized. Police report that Matapur fired shots at three locations. The gay pride parade scheduled for Oslo on Saturday has been canceled.
Excerpt from a CNN report:
On Saturday, Oslo’s annual pride parade was canceled after a deadly shooting at a gay bar being investigated by Norwegian police as a possible terrorist attack.
Two people were killed and eight more were taken to hospital after being shot at a London pub, which describes itself as “the biggest gay and lesbian scene in Oslo”.
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Police received several calls about the shooting at 1:14 local time and arrived at the scene within minutes. They detained the suspect for three minutes after arriving, police said.
The suspect, who is accused of terrorism, is a Norwegian citizen from Iran who was “known to the police” but has so far received only “minor convictions,” prosecutor Christian Hatlo told reporters in Oslo on Saturday.
… When the police arrived, there were injured people inside and outside the bar on the ground. “The scene was chaotic, it was a warm evening, and there were a lot of people outside, so people ran everywhere,” police told CNN.
Of the eight people in the hospital, three are in critical condition. Another 14 victims were slightly injured.
The Norwegian police security service said they were aware of the alleged attacker. (Through translation.)
“PST has been informed of the shooting in Oslo on Saturday night. The detained PST is known from the past. We are now providing all the necessary information to the Oslo PD and are working to see if further acts of violence are planned. We have no signs of that at the moment.
The PST will be informed of the shooting in Oslo on Saturday night.
The detained PST is known from the past. We are now providing all the necessary information to the Oslo PD and are working to see if further acts of violence are planned. We have no indication at this time.– PST (@PSTnorge) June 25, 2022
Last week, the National Security Service reduced the threat of Islamist terrorism: “Update on the terrorist threat against Norway. The threat to extremist Islamists is seen as diminished.
News on the terrorist threat against Norway. Extreme Islamist threats are believed to be slightly reduced https://t.co/pe45thfojv
– PST (@PSTnorge) June 16, 2022
The HR reports that Norway has since raised its terrorist alert (excerpt):
An early Saturday night in the nightlife district of Oslo, an armed man opened fire, killing two people and injuring more than 20 people, who the Norwegian security service called an “act of Islamist terror” during the capital’s annual LGBTQ pride festival.
Investigators said the suspect, who was identified as a 42-year-old Norwegian citizen of Iranian origin, was arrested after he opened fire at three locations in central Oslo, a pub in London, a long-standing LGBTQ residence in Oslo, and beyond. in the surrounding streets and another bar in the city center.
Police said two men were killed in the shooting, one around 50 and the other around 60. Ten people were seriously injured, but none of them were considered life-threatening. Another 11 were slightly injured.
Following the attack, the Norwegian Police Security Service raised the level of the terrorist alert from “moderate” to “extreme” – the highest level that caused panic breakers to flee the streets or try to hide from the attacker.
Acting chief of staff, Roger Berg, described the attack as an “extraordinary act of Islamist terror” and said the suspect had a “long history of violence and threats” as well as mental health problems.
Olav Reneberg, a journalist for the Norwegian public broadcaster NRK, said he was an eyewitness to the shooting.
“I saw a man with a bag arrive on the scene. He picked up a gun and started shooting, ”said Reneberg. “At first I thought it was a pneumatic gun. Then the glass of the bar next door was smashed, and I realized I had to run under the cover.
The attacker is reported to be an Iranian Kurd, “Kurdish Norwegians Zaniaru Matapuru (42) is now accused of terrorism. The Police Security Service (PST) considers the shooting in Oslo to be an Islamist terrorist attack.
Kurdish Norwegian Zaniar Matapur (42) has now been charged with terrorism. The Police Security Service (PST) considers the shooting in Oslo to be an Islamist terrorist attack.#TwitterKurds # OsloPride2022 # Norway pic.twitter.com/kfCJv7IpRJ
– 𝐀𝐫𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢 (@MArizanti) June 25, 2022
Norwegian news site VG (excerpt with translation):
Two people were killed and 21 injured in last night’s Oslo shooting at Per bars in Hjørnet and London.
The 42-year-old detainee has previously been convicted of aggravated assault and drug possession.
The defendants have also been investigated in other more serious cases, including attempted murder, but these cases have been dropped.
“The perpetrator has a long history of violence and threats,” said Roger Berg, PST’s chief of staff, at a news conference on Saturday afternoon.
The PST has been aware of the culprit since 2015, expressing concern that he was subsequently radicalized and belonged to an extremely Islamic network in Norway, says the head of the PST.
They do not want to specify which networks they are, but PST chief VG says the man “liked ISIL”. It is thus a terrorist group, also known as the IS, which has been active in Syria and Iraq, among others.
The man comes from the Kurdish part of Iran and came to Norway as a refugee as a child. He is a Norwegian citizen living in Oslo.
– He has had an extreme attitude, says the head of PST.
Participated in the talks in May
The PST states that in May of this year, he had talked with the accused “in connection with his interest in remarks and statements that are perceived as a violation of Islam”.– The perpetrator was not considered to have intended any violence in the talks, but the PST is known to have experienced mental health challenges, the PST chief said.
– We have not considered him one of the ones we are most concerned about, ie we have not been close to the events around him, says the head of PST.
He says they are conducting assessments ahead of major events such as Pride and May 17th.
“Before yesterday, we had no indication that he should be particularly worried,” says the PST chief.
… 2019. In July 2006, Matapur was arrested for attempted murder, illegal possession of a firearm and illegal carrying of a knife in a public place.
Matapur was released a few days later against the will of the prosecutor’s office. The prosecutor’s office considered the man to be suspicious, and previous cases showed that he had access to weapons. He was released following a judgment by the Borgarting Court of Appeal because the court found no reasonable grounds for suspicion.
… Police believe he used a parental weapon when two people were shot dead in central Oslo.
– It is not a modern weapon. I do not know the details, and with the risk of making a mistake, the feedback was such that it was fully automatic, police said, while stressing that it did not know whether the weapon was used as a fully automatic or if individual shots were fired.
The final excerpt, please read the full VG news article at this link.
Six years ago, on June 12, 2016, Islamist terrorist Omar Matin, who pledged allegiance to ISIS, attacked the gay nightclub Pulse in Orlando, Florida, killing and killing 49 and injuring 58 people.