Tag: terror
Police armed as terror threat rises
Norway's normally unarmed state police started carrying weapons on a temporary basis Thursday. They cited a higher threat of terrorist attacks carried out by...
Man from Skien tied to terrorist attack
A Palestinian man who has lived in Norway since 1991 was charged this week with alleged participation in a terrorist attack on a Jewish...
Questions linger at hug-free memorials
NEWS ANALYSIS: It's been nine years since a young Norwegian man set off an unprecedented wave of right-wing extremist terror in his homeland and...
Police criticized after mosque shooting
An external investigation of police response to last year's shooting at a mosque in suburban Bærum has resulted in some sharp criticism. It took...
Norway finally rid of Mullah Krekar
Norway's most troublesome refugee, best known as Mullah Krekar, was extradited to Italy during the night. Justice Minister Monica Mæland confirmed the extradition, which...
IS widow ‘innocent’ as ‘crisis’ looms
UPDATED: The Norwegian-Pakistani widow of a Norwegian IS terrorist faced a custody hearing Monday, after landing back in Oslo with her two ailing children...
PST raises threat of right-wing terror
Norway's domestic police intelligence unit PST issued a new terror warning on Thursday that raises the threat of attacks carried out by right-wing extremists....
Challenges pile up for new PST chief
Hans Sverre Sjøvold took over as the new chief of Norway's police intelligence agency PST just last spring. Since then he's had to deal...
Mosque attacker cites ‘political’ motive
UPDATED: The young Norwegian man who murdered his Chinese-born adopted step-sister and then attacked a local mosque in August was back in court for...
Norway won’t bring IS women and children home
The Norwegian government still has no plans to repatriate Norwegian IS women and their young children who currently are living in the Al-Hol refugee...
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