– It is important to map his mental health. This is what police attorney Børge Enoksen says during a press conference on Saturday afternoon at the police station in Oslo. A judicial observation indicates that two experts are appointed to examine the accused’s mental condition, and to determine whether he is criminally sane or not. The 42-year-old perpetrator had two unregistered weapons. The police do not know who has had a hand in them before the accused. – This is something we seek to uncover, says Enoksen. The police attorney states that the seriously injured are out of danger. The police are investigating the night’s incident extensively, and it is too early to conclude what the motive of the perpetrator is, Enoksen explains. – It is important for me to say that we look at all possibilities, and hold an open investigation as the situation is now, the police attorney says. He believes that custody will take place on Monday. There will be no questioning of the perpetrator today. Chief of Police Beate Gangås is also present during the press conference. – The situation is still unclear. We are working to interrogate witnesses, says Gangås. Increasing the threat level PST raises the terrorist threat from ordinary to extraordinary terrorist threat level. Zaniar Matapour (42) is charged with the murders in central Oslo. He has previously been convicted of several offenses and is known by PST. – PST considers the shooting in Oslo as an extreme Islamist terrorist act. This is what PST chief Roger Berg says during a press conference in Nydalen at 14.00 today. – There has been a terrorist attack, and there is an unresolved terrorist situation. Therefore, the level is set up, says Berg. The threat level thus goes up from level 3 to level 5, which is the highest level. The two dead are men in their 50s and 60s. Relatives have been notified, the police state in a press release. The police are working to map the condition of the injured. PST has had knowledge of the perpetrator The accused 42-year-old is said to have a long history of violence and threats. – PST has known about the perpetrator back to 2015, with concern that he is being radicalized and was part of an extreme, Islamist contact network in Norway, Berg says. PST considers the incident in Oslo as an extreme Islamist terrorist act, PST chief Roger Berg stated during a press conference on Saturday. Photo: Javad Parsa / NTB Efforts are being made to investigate the degree of ideological motivation, and connection to the associated network, the PST manager explains. PST had talks with the perpetrator in May, but it was not considered that the perpetrator had intentions of violence. Berg says the incident last night is a terrible and tragic incident. – We have the greatest sympathy and compassion for all those involved and relatives, he says. Two people have died after the shooting in a popular nightlife street in central Oslo. Several people are also injured. Ten people are seriously injured and eleven are slightly injured, but no one is life-threatening anymore, police said at a press conference on Saturday morning. The shooting is said to have taken place at Per on the corner and the London Pub. The latter is known for being a gathering place for gays. The police are introducing temporary national armaments. – Based on information from PST and the Oslo police district, we have therefore decided to introduce temporary armaments, they write in a press release. Anyone who needs someone to talk to can contact Oslo Municipality’s Social and Outpatient Emergency Service on 23 48 70 90. This should be the bag the perpetrator brought with him. Photo: Nadir Alam / news Cancels pride Pride management in Oslo put crisis staff after the incident, said press manager Rohan Sandemo Fernando in Pride to news. They were also in close dialogue with the police about what to do with the pride event that was to take place on Saturday morning. On Saturday morning, however, it was decided that Oslo Pride would be canceled on the advice of the police. Oslo Pride therefore asks everyone who has planned to participate in or watch the parade not to attend. All events in connection with Oslo Pride are canceled, Oslo Pride writes in a press release. People held each other after the incident in central Oslo on Saturday night. Photo: Javad Parsa / NTB – We consider the hate crime trail to be strong, otherwise we would not have made such a recommendation, says police inspector Tore Soldal at the press conference to the police. The police are looking at whether pride may have been a goal in itself. – Now we will follow the police’s recommendations and take care of each other. Warm thoughts and love go to relatives, the injured and others affected. We will soon be proud and visible again, says Oslo pride and Fri in a joint press release. Nevertheless, Oslo pride and Fri encourages people to mark love all over Norway. – We encourage the whole of Norway to show solidarity and mark pride at home, in their neighborhoods and hamlets, says leader of Oslo Pride Inger Kristin Haugsevje. The police defined the incident as PLIVO, ongoing life-threatening violence, and moved out with large forces. Photo: Javad Parsa / NTB All employees are safe All the employees at Per on the corner are safe, the bar writes on Facebook. They are all shaken by the events of the night. Per on the corner writes on Facebook that all employees are safe. Photo: Skjermpump 25.06.2022 Everyone at the London pub is also safe. – The shooting tonight is absolutely terrible and pure evil. Our thoughts go to the dead, injured and relatives. All employees in London are safe and physically unharmed. Take care of each other during this time, the pub writes on Facebook. This is what the London Pub wrote on Facebook after the incident. Photo: Screenshot Oslo Municipality has set crisis staff and is considering whether measures should be implemented. This is confirmed by rapporteur Marianne Borgen (SV) to Avisa Oslo. – We are appalled In a statement from His Majesty King Harald, he says that the royal family is appalled by the night’s shooting tragedy in central Oslo. – We sympathize with all relatives and affected and send warm thoughts to all who are now scared, restless and in grief. We must stand together to defend our values: Freedom, diversity and respect for each other. We must continue to stand up for all people to feel safe. – Now we have to take good care of each other, he concludes. Several people were shot Saturday night at a nightclub in central Oslo. The incident has shaken the whole of Norway. Photo: Terje Pedersen / NTB Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre (Labor Party) tells news that the incident last night was a cruel and deeply shocking attack on innocent people. – We do not yet know what was behind this terrible act, but to queers who are now scared and in grief, I would say that we are all with you in this, says Støre. Minister of Justice and Emergency Management Emilie Enger Mehl (Sp) is also informed about the incident. – I am kept informed about the shooting in Oslo. This is a very serious incident that shakes us all, says Mehl to news. – Never thought this would happen in Oslo The police received help from civilians to get control of the perpetrator. This was said by the police task leader Tore Barstad during a press briefing at four o’clock. – The police are immensely grateful for that, he says. Several civilians also contributed to the life-saving work. A witness news has spoken to was inside the London Pub when shots were fired. – I was in the outer bar in London when it happened. I just noticed that a shot was fired, and I was hit by a shard of glass. There were more and more and more shots, so I escaped into the inner bar and tried to get as many as possible with me, he says to news. Morten Sommerstad was in the basement of the nightclub. Photo: Mathias Revheim-Rafaelsen / news He says that there was panic at the nightclub. – At first people did not understand what was happening, but then there was panic, he says. Morten Sommerstad was in the basement of the nightclub. – Suddenly people came in where we stood. Everyone ran to a corridor with an emergency exit. There we stood, and no one really knew where we were going or what was happening. It was very chaos, says Sommerstad. He says that everyone got to safety. – I never thought this would happen in Oslo, says Sommerstad. A third witness tells news that there was chaos in the nightclub Elsker. The witness was standing in line when people started running from the scene. – Seeing that people ran and were genuinely scared in the face scared me, the witness says. The guard let those standing in line outside into the nightclub. The witness and a friend stayed there for about an hour, before the nightclub closed and the guests were sent out. There, the witness was met by large police forces and ambulances.
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