The case in summary: Several of those charged with terrorism after the attack in Oslo in 2022 are linked to gold and silver coins, which are attractive to criminals. Arfan Bhatti called a company that deals in precious metals before the terror, but is not on their customer list. Another terror suspect is said to have sold three gold coins to the same company. The perpetrator, Zaniar Matapour, also showed an interest in the company, looking at gold and silver coins on their websites before the attack. The police found the same type of gold coins that one of the accused had sold to the company, as well as scraps of paper with Matapour’s DNA, in a search after the attack. The summary is made by an AI service from OpenAi. The content is quality assured by news’s journalists before publication. According to the police, gold and silver coins are attractive currency for criminals. Now the prosecution has recently notified the court that evidence relating to such coins will be taken during the trial after the terror attack in Oslo in 2022. The case against Zaniar Matapour (44) starts in March in the Oslo district court. It was he who, on the night of 25 June 2022, opened fire on several nightclubs in the center of Oslo. He shot and killed two people and injured many, who were out celebrating pride. Matapour is charged with four other people. news is also informed that the coins have been part of the police’s investigation against several of those charged after the terrorist attack. They have shown interest in a Norwegian company that buys and sells precious metal. Two calls On 2 June, Arfan Bhatti’s number called the company, which among other things sells and buys such coins. The phone log shows two calls from Bhatti to the company that day. The calls lasted for around six and a half minutes, news is told. The company tells news that Arfan Bhatti is not on their customer list. – Apart from the fact that this is a tragic incident, we have little to comment on this matter, writes the marketing director to news. Bhatti denies having anything to do with the June 25 shooting. His defense lawyer John Christian Elden has previously told news that. – This is unknown to me, Elden answers to news when asked about the phone calls. Arfan Bhatti is still in custody in Pakistan while an extradition request from Norway is being processed. His defender has therefore not been allowed to raise the case with his client. Alleged to have sold three coins Just a week later, an e-mail shows that one of the other terror suspects is said to have traded with the same gold coin company. The 36-year-old man knows both Bhatti and Matapour. The email he sent shows that he allegedly sold three gold coins to the company. ACCUSED: The police have a theory that the 36-year-old helped to obtain weapons for the attack, according to a ruling from the Oslo district court. The man pleads not guilty. Here the man is pictured when he withdrew money from an ATM just hours before the attack. The coins had a value of around NOK 50,000. news is informed that the man sent an e-mail to the company on 9 June: This illustrative photo shows the type of gold coins that should have been sold from the co-accused man to a company that works with precious metals. The coin is of the Canadian Maple leaf 1 oz type, and a coin is worth approx. NOK 22,000. Illustration: Robert – stock.adobe.com “Hey have sent coins here is the picture of the form and the coins”, the email says. The man denies criminal guilt. news has contacted the man’s lawyer, but has so far received no reply. Matapour looked at gold and silver coins Four days later, on 14 June, it was the murderer Zaniar Matapour (44) who showed interest in the company. Matapour is said to have been on the company’s website and looked at gold coins. On 21 June, four days before the terror attack, the online log shows that Matapour was on the website again, news is told. This time he looked at silver coins. The statement of evidence for the prosecution, which became public last week, shows that the police have also seized silver coins. Matapour’s defender Marius Dietrichson tells news that he has no comment on the information at the present time. DNA found after search When the 36-year-old was arrested three months after the terrorist attack, his house was searched. The police then found the same type of gold coins that the man had previously sold to the Norwegian company. In a wardrobe in the bedroom of the accused 36-year-old, the police found a green shirt. In it were two coin tubes: one contained six gold coins, while the other was empty. The shirt was of the same type that Matapour had ordered from an online store in January of the same year. Inside the coin tube, the police must have found scraps of paper with the DNA of the perpetrator Zaniar Matapour, according to a ruling from the Oslo District Court. The police then also pointed out to the district court that such coins are easily tradable assets in criminal circles. Sold more coins The police also found an e-mail which showed that the 36-year-old had sold four more gold coins to the same company, just days before he was arrested. The company, which among other things sells and buys precious metal, writes that they try to assist with information when the police ask about it. – If criminal activity is suspected, the trade and the customer relationship will be terminated with immediate effect, writes the marketing director to news. – The police do not want to comment on news’s information, police attorney Ingvild Myrold writes to news.
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Arfan Bhatti called a gold coin company before the terror attack on June 25 – news Norway – Overview of news from various parts of the country
