To remember the victims of a shooting in Oslo, Norway, a memorial for these people was held at the Oslo Cathedral. Norway’s Prime Minister and members of the royal family attended the church service, and the cathedral was decorated with brightly-coloured flowers and rainbow flags.
A 42-year-old man was arrested and charged with murder, attempted murder and terrorist acts in Oslo, Norway. Police called it “an act of Islamist terrorism. That day, two people died and 21 were injured; of the 21 injured, 10 were in serious condition.
The gunman was known to security services since 2015 as a “suspected radicalised Islamist”, and had a history of mental illness.
“There is reason to think that this may be a hate crime,” police said. “We are investigating whether… Pride was a target in itself or whether there are other motives.”
The shootings took place in and near the London Pub, a popular LGBTQ+ venue; the Herr Nilsen jazz club and another pub. Eyewitnesses said that the suspect took out a gun from his bag and started firing, forcing terrified people to either throw themselves to the ground or flee.
“I saw a man arrive with a bag, he picked up a gun and started to shoot,” said journalist Olav Roenneberg of public broadcaster NRK, Norwegian Norsk rikskringkasting AS, generally expressed in English as the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation, who was in the area at the time.
The attacker was arrested by police officers. Two weapons were retrieved at the crime scene by police, one of them a fully automatic gun.
As a result of this shooting, Oslo’s Pride parade was cancelled. However, still thousands of people were gathered on the city’s streets. Rainbow flags and flowers were laid near the scene of the attack.
“During the day, the city was full of people who wanted to speak out, about sorrow and anger, but also about support and solidarity and the will to continue on fighting, for the right of every individual to live a free life, a safe life,” Norway’s Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere said.
A 42-year-old man was arrested and charged with murder, attempted murder and terrorist acts in Oslo, Norway. Police called it “an act of Islamist terrorism. That day, two people died and 21 were injured; of the 21 injured, 10 were in serious condition.
The gunman was known to security services since 2015 as a “suspected radicalised Islamist”, and had a history of mental illness.
“There is reason to think that this may be a hate crime,” police said. “We are investigating whether… Pride was a target in itself or whether there are other motives.”
The shootings took place in and near the London Pub, a popular LGBTQ+ venue; the Herr Nilsen jazz club and another pub. Eyewitnesses said that the suspect took out a gun from his bag and started firing, forcing terrified people to either throw themselves to the ground or flee.
“I saw a man arrive with a bag, he picked up a gun and started to shoot,” said journalist Olav Roenneberg of public broadcaster NRK, Norwegian Norsk rikskringkasting AS, generally expressed in English as the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation, who was in the area at the time.
The attacker was arrested by police officers. Two weapons were retrieved at the crime scene by police, one of them a fully automatic gun.
As a result of this shooting, Oslo’s Pride parade was cancelled. However, still thousands of people were gathered on the city’s streets. Rainbow flags and flowers were laid near the scene of the attack.
“During the day, the city was full of people who wanted to speak out, about sorrow and anger, but also about support and solidarity and the will to continue on fighting, for the right of every individual to live a free life, a safe life,” Norway’s Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere said.
