Tag: crime

Royal recognition for Utøya heroes

More than 100 men and women who came to the rescue of those fleeing a massacre on the island of Utøya last summer were...

Man fired shots at welfare office

An unhappy client of Norway's social welfare agency NAV pulled out a gun and fired at least one shot into the ceiling of a...

Breivik’s family avoids testifying

Lawyers for terror defendant Anders Behring Breivik have opted against calling his family members and several other key persons from his past to testify,...

Women won for bravely speaking up

Two women have been honoured in Norway recently for their outspokenness across cultural lines. Both have immigrant backgrounds, from Algeria and Syria, and they've...

Government trains against terror

Top government officials from the prime minister to the head of defense and the police have been involved in an anti-terror exercise this week...

Confusion over Breivik’s state of mind

The Oslo City Court has demanded clarity from a state commission charged with certifying court-ordered psychiatric evaluations. Its review of a second evaluation of...

Man charged with murder at asylum center

Police in Bergen had a refugee from Afghanistan in custody on Wednesday, charged in the murder of another man at an asylum center in...

Krekar agrees to remain in prison

Mullah Krekar, the Islamic cleric who's been under Norwegian protection for more than 20 years, has agreed to remain in prison for at least...

Elderly victims robbed at home

Police have reported two home break-ins that resulted in robberies of elderly occupants, one of them considered brutal. Both occurred over the weekend, and...

Nine arrested after weekend shooting episode

Police had nine persons under arrest during the weekend following a shooting episode at Furuset on Oslo's east side on Friday. Three of those...
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