An important part of the investigation is mapping Matapour’s movements in the run-up to the attack. One of the questions they ask themselves is whether Matapour had more terrorist targets on 25 June last year. Another question that gives the police a headache is why was Matapour’s bicycle found locked outside a popular club in Grünerløkka? The mysterious stops It took 37 minutes from the time Matapour got into the taxi in the south of Oslo, until he appeared outside the pub Per on the corner at 01:12. news has previously reported that the taxi ride stopped at Holbergs plass in central Oslo. news can now provide new details about the last minutes before the terrorist attack. During the journey, the taxi driver must have been asked to stop at various places in the city, news is informed. These stops were at Olaf Ryes plass Grünerløkka and in Bogstadveien in the Frogner district. Matapour asked to be driven to Olaf Rye’s place on Grünerløkka in Oslo. The car is registered there with a short stop. He then allegedly asked the taxi driver to drive him to Bogstadveien, a well-known street in the west of Oslo. Here the car is registered with a slightly longer stop. news does not know exactly where in Bogstadveien the taxi stopped. After the stop in Bogstadveien, the car continued back to Holbergs plass where Matapour got out of the taxi a few minutes before the attack. Matapour then got on tram 18 at the Holbergs plass stop. He got off at the next stop : Courthouse. The taxi was equipped with a GPS tracker. In this way, the police investigators will be able to map exactly which route was taken. The taxi driver was summoned early for questioning by the police. There, he is said to have explained that Matapour did not speak to anyone or meet anyone during the car trip. NEXT LAST STOP: Matapour stopped here in Bogstadveien. The next stop on the taxi journey was Holbergs plass, where he got on the 18 tram. Photo: Nadir Alam / news Matapour should also not have got out of the taxi before the final stop, news is informed. The police do not want to comment on the two stops before the attack. – The police do not want to comment on news’s information. We work thoroughly and systematically to shed light on all sides of the matter. All relevant information that the police have found will be highlighted in a main hearing, says police attorney Ingvild Myrold. Two men were killed and 23 injured in nightclubs in Oslo on 25 June 2022. Zaniar Matapour is charged with murder and acts of terrorism. Photo: Olav Rønneberg Wrote about several goals In the time after the terrorist attack, what the police believe to be Arfan Bhatti wrote that Matapour had several goals that night: “The plan was further march to another place from where he started”, what is supposed to be Bhatti wrote a message 10 August. The person thought he was writing to an IS leader, but the “IS leader” was in reality an agent for the E-service. THE CHAT: The police believe Arfan Bhatti chatted with an agent from the E-service in the time after the terrorist attack. There, the Islamist wrote that Matapour had plans to attack several targets on the night of the terrorist attack. “I mean he was going to attack another place from where he started”, wrote what should be Bhatti further: “The other place was cream of kuffar”. Kuffar means infidel. Zaniar Matapour has not yet allowed himself to be questioned. Arfan Bhatti is in custody in Pakistan, but denies having anything to do with the attack in Oslo. – How sure is PST that pride was the target of the terrorist attack? – We cannot be completely sure, as the perpetrator has not allowed himself to be questioned, but there is in any case reason to believe that the target was the West and the infidels. This has also been the target of other terrorists from ISIL, says senior advisor in PST, Martin Bernsen, to news. The police in Oslo do not want to comment on whether Matapour may have had several terrorist targets on 25 June or how certain they are that pride was Matapour’s target. – The police do not want to comment on the information or news’s presentation of the information in the conversations, says police attorney Ingvild Myrold. LÖPER: An important part of the investigation is mapping Matapour’s movements in the run-up to the attack. Police still have unanswered questions. Photo: Police / NTB The cycling project news has previously told how Zaniar Matapour allegedly used cash and a phone that is difficult to trace in the hours before the attack. In addition to this, he used a bicycle to move around the city. Just before 21 in the evening, he was pictured cycling in the center of Oslo. FOUND: The police found this bicycle locked up in Grünerløkka several months after the attack. Photo: news On the surveillance image news has gained access to, you can clearly see that the 43-year-old is wearing a sports bag. It was in this bag that he transported the weapons that were used during the shooting. When police searched Matapour after his arrest, a key to a bicycle lock was found in his trouser pocket. The police now had a key, but they didn’t know where the lock was or where the bike was. This was the start of an extensive and time-consuming project, and the breakthrough did not come until September, news is informed. At Olaf Rye’s place in Grünerløkka, the police discovered a bicycle that looked like the one Matapour was pictured on on 24 June. The bike was locked right next to several popular bars and restaurants. It was also here that Matapour asked the taxi driver to stop the car just minutes before the terrorist attack. LØKKA: On Olaf Ryes plass in Grünerløkka there are several popular nightclubs and restaurants. It was here that the police found Zaniar Matapour’s bicycle. Photo: Nadir Alam / news The police do not want to comment on the bike. They have previously told news that they are still interested in tips related to Matapour’s movements. – We are still investigating Matapour’s movements in the time before the attack, police attorney Ingvild Myrold. – Matapour did not want to give a statement to the police, which means that extensive investigative work has been carried out to shed light on this period. Beyond this, we do not wish to comment on details in the investigation material, says Myrold. Tip news’s crime group: Do you have information about this case or other crime cases? Contact news’s crime group. You can tip us off by e-mail or through news’s encrypted notification service. Here you can tip us anonymously. We also treat all tips confidentially, in line with the Vær varsom poster’s rules on source protection.
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Zaniar Matapour stopped in these streets just before the Pride attack June 25, 2022 – news Norway – Overview of news from different parts of the country
