Tag: crime

Man in custody after murder in Hokksund

A Norwegian man was arrested at a hotel in Arvika, Sweden on Thursday, charged with the murder of a man in his 70s on...

Dead wolf was poisoned

Police in eastern Norway have confirmed that a dead wolf found floating in a lake in the small community of Åsnes in Hedmark was...

Three held after Sola murder-kidnapping

Police in Sola, just south of Stavanger, had three men in custody on Thursday, charged with the apparent abduction and murder of a 44-year-old...

PST confirms Danish terror connection

Norway's domestic police intelligence agency PST has confirmed that a young Norwegian man charged with terrorism in Norway has had contact with one or...

Court rejects Krekar’s appeal

Time may be running out for Mullah Krekar, Norway's most troublesome and expensive refugee. An appeals court has refused to hear his objections to...

Teenage murderer faces long jail term

An appeals court in Western Norway has sharpened the prison term for a now-19-year-old man convicted of killing 13-year-old Sunniva Ødegård with a hammer...

Armed, uniformed man arrested at school

Police in Trondheim arrested a young Norwegian man in an armed operation at a local high school on Wednesday. The man, who turned out...

Hundreds gather to mourn family’s tragedy

UPDATED: More than 1,500 people gathered in a central square in Tromsø Sunday afternoon, for a torchlit memorial to the four Tromsø residents who...

Immigrant tragedy deepens

The four-year-old daughter of an immigrant woman from Sudan died Thursday night after three days of intensive care at Norway's national hospital in Oslo....

First head rolls in the NAV scandal

A massive scandal within Norway's state welfare agency NAV has already claimed thousands of victims. Now it's spreading within NAV's own ranks, with the...

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