In June, the threat level was raised from level 3, moderate, to level 5, which is extraordinary. Level 5 is the highest level. It happened after Zaniar Matapour shot and killed two people in the center of Oslo on the night of Saturday 25 June. On Friday, the police announced that Arfan Bhatti has been charged with complicity in an act of terrorism in connection with the bar shooting in Oslo. He is internationally wanted. On Monday, two people, men in their 30s and 40s, were arrested. The two are charged with complicity in the shooting. The arrests may lead to PST now lowering the threat level in Norway. – PST assesses the terrorist threat level on an ongoing basis. The developments of the last few days with arrests and searches are events that are included in an assessment of whether the terrorist threat level can be adjusted down, says senior adviser in PST, Martin Berntsen, to news. The 30-year-old, who is a Norwegian citizen, has been detained for four weeks. He has previously been convicted of illegal possession of the MP40 machine gun, which is the weapon of the same type that Zaniar Matapour used during the mass shooting. The man in his 40s is also known to the police from earlier. The man has Somali citizenship. He was questioned by the police on Monday evening, but according to defender Victoria Holmen, the questioning of the 40-year-old was postponed due to health reasons. The accused will be supervised by a doctor, she says.
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Latest arrests may affect the threat level in Norway – news Norway – Overview of news from different parts of the country
