Tag: crime

Bomb threat shut mobile network

Norway's northern city of Alta was without its mobile phone network for nearly an hour Wednesday night. Police asked mobile operator Telenor to shut...

Another bomb threat hits Norwegian Air

A Norwegian Air flight from Oslo to Alta in Northern Norway was evacuated right after landing on Wednesday, after it became the target of...

Ex-Yara executive wins compensation

Tor Holba, the former executive acquitted of fraud at Norwegian fertilizer and chemical company Yara, has won NOK 35 million (USD 4.1 million) in...

Mother sentenced to longest jail term

A 43-year-old woman with seven children has been sentenced to Norway's longest possible prison term, convicted of murdering her own father and a man...

Supreme court rejected cop’s appeal

Norway's highest court (Høyesterett) has rejected an appeal from former Oslo Police inspector Eirik Jensen. That clears the way for a new trial back...

Graveyard attack turned fatal

UPDATED: A man who first attempted to break into a home in the West Coast city of Haugesund with an axe on Tuesday later...

Teenage criminals worry police most

Police have already claimed that juvenile crime, often violent and involving stabbings, was their biggest problem in Oslo last year. It still is, and...

Terror-charged Russian can’t stand trial

A 20-year-old Russian who stabbed a woman in an Oslo grocery last month has been declared too mentally ill to stand trial, at least...

Kidnappers offer to prove Hagen is alive

Criminals claiming to have abducted the wife of a wealthy Norwegian businessman are now offering to prove she's still alive. The family has had...

Police release politician from custody

A Progress Party politician charged with raping a woman after the annual meeting of the party's Rogaland chapter earlier this month has been released...
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