Prime Minister Erna Solberg, top political colleagues and survivors of Norway’s own terrorist attacks in 2011 were quick to express sympathy and support for the people of New Zealand on Friday. Norwegian prison officials, meanwhile, discounted a claim by the man who gunned down scores of worshippers at two mosques in Christchurch that he’d been in […]
Terror-charged Russian can’t stand trial
February 14, 2019
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 for now. His defense attorney said he’s been diagnosed as suffering from a form of psychosis. “After a preliminary examination, the court-appointed psychiatrist believes he was in a state of psychosis […]
Terror suspect sent to hospital
January 31, 2019
A 20-year-old Russian man who stabbed a woman in an Oslo grocery store two weeks ago has been committed to a psychiatric hospital for evaluation. “I’ve said all along that he’s sick,” his defense attorney Ola Lunde told TV2. “Part of the investigation involves clarification of his mental health,” noted Martin Bernsen of Norway’s police […]
Russian terrorist changes his story
January 23, 2019
A 20-year-old Russian held on terrorist charges in Oslo has suddenly withdrawn the full confession he gave police after stabbing a random victim last week. Now he claims he never meant to carry out a terrorist act or kill anyone. Police and even the young man’s own defense attorney appear baffled by the case. The 20-year-old […]
Questions swirl around Russian terrorist
January 21, 2019
Even his own Norwegian defense attorney is calling him “a danger to life and health,” and strongly supported that the 20-year-old man who said he “wanted to kill several people” in Oslo last week was ordered held in custody over the weekend. The woman he stabbed in an Oslo grocery store on Thursday survived two […]
Stabbing probed as a terrorist attack
January 18, 2019
The stabbing of a woman inside a grocery store in downtown Oslo on Thursday is being investigated as a terrorist attack. Norway’s police intelligence agency PST has taken charge of the investigation. The stabbing occurred in the middle of the day on Thursday, inside a Kiwi grocery store on Møllergata. The store is located on […]
15 now charged in Morocco murders
December 31, 2018
A total of 15 suspects are now charged in the murders just before Christmas of two Scandinavian women in Morocco. Another seven are being called into court to face charges in January. Norwegian Broadcasting (NRK) reported that the 15 were formally charged in a Moroccan court on Sunday, including a man with both Swiss and […]
Solberg survives anti-terror critics
December 5, 2018
Prime Minister Erna Solberg avoided a lack of confidence vote in Parliament on Wednesday over her government’s failure to improve preparedness for a terrorist attack. She did have to accept the toughest criticism the Parliament can otherwise dish out. State broadcaster NRK reported that Solberg, who just returned from a trip to South Africa and […]
Islamist denies sending threats
November 13, 2018
Norwegian Islamist Mohyeldeen Mohammad finally showed up in an Oslo Court on Tuesday, after being arrested once again for failing to appear in a case where he’s charged with making threats against Member of Parliament Abid Raja. Mohammad pleaded not guilty. An international warrant had been issued when he failed to face charges in the […]
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