Tag: crime

Arsonists targeted refugee families

Police in the coastal Norwegian town of Ulsteinvik have confirmed that arson is behind two fires at the home of two local refugee families. The second fire...

More arrests in raids on transport and cleaning firms

UPDATED: Prosecutors were seeking ongoing custody on Friday for at least five of the 18 suspects initially arrested this week in a crackdown on alleged...

Swedish attacker won some sympathy

UPDATED: Another politician from Norway's immigration-skeptical Progress Party stirred controversy Friday afternoon, after he posted a message on social media saying that he "could almost understand...

Islamist charged with terror recruitment

Ubaydullah Hussain, an Oslo-based Islamist best known as the spokesman for a local fundamentalist group, reportedly has been charged with violating a Norwegian law that forbids...

Several hundred more mink had to be killed

It's been a terrible week for animals in Norway, with two dramatic hunting accidents and a raid on a fur farm that uncovered scores...

‘Nothing criminal’ behind couple’s deaths

A Norwegian-Russian couple with six children who lived and worked in a small community in the far northern county of Finnmark were found dead late...

All four ‘Tina’ murder defendants released

Four men arrested last month in a 15-year-old murder case were released on Friday, and their defense attorneys now expect the so-called "Tina case"...

Bomb threat evacuated downtown Fredrikstad

UPDATED: The Quality Hotel and several surrounding buildings in central Fredrikstad were evacuated Wednesday afternoon after someone phoned in a threat that a bomb...

Foreign ministry battles cyber attack

Norway's foreign ministry is battling a powerful computer virus that has infected its systems for months and is viewed as serious, reported newspaper Dagbladet on Wednesday. Alarms...

Two arrested in Philippines kidnapping

Police in the Philippines have arrested two suspects in last month's kidnapping of four people including a Norwegian man from a resort and yacht club...
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