Tag: crime

New arrest in mysterious kidnapping

Police in Asker and Bærum, just west of Oslo, have continued to investigate the mysterious kidnapping of a young Pakistani-Norwegian woman abducted from a...

Human drama behind Torshov murder

Police initially thought they had a teenage murder on their hands. Now it appears the victim was much older, but his death in a...

Krekar into hiding after shootings

Mullah Krekar reportedly was under police protection at an undisclosed location after unknown intruders tried to enter his flat in Oslo and fired shots...

Attention on Yemen raised hopes for solving Norwegian murder case

Authorities in Yemen are feeling the heat from foreign governments over the terror threats emanating from the strife-torn country. That may pressure them into...

Norwegians held in Congo lose appeal

A military appeals court in the Democratic Republic of Congo Thursday upheld a lower court's convictions of two young Norwegian men charged with murder,...

Mourners marched for murder victim

Hundreds of Norwegians lit torches and quietly marched through the streets of Oslo Tuesday evening, ending up at the Foreign Ministry where they appealed...

Rejected refugees go on a rampage

Would-be refugees whose applications for asylum were rejected have resorted to violence at some facilities where they're housed while awaiting deportation. Justice Ministry officials...

New threats linked to tax lists

Several families in Oslo's affluent Nordstrand district have received extortion letters in the post during the past several days. The letters contain threats of...

Bergen tries to forgive holiday vandal

A 20-year-old Bergen man has admitted to being the vandal who destroyed a vast collection of gingerbread houses assembled by thousands of children last...

Bergen rebuilds its 'Gingerbread City'

Hundreds of new gingerbread houses are already streaming into a pavilion in downtown Bergen, where citizens aim to build an even bigger Pepperkakeby...
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