Dietrichson is the defense attorney for Zaniar Matapour, the man accused of shooting and killing two people and injuring several others in Rosenkrantz’ gate in Oslo last summer. In January, news and VG wrote that an agent on assignment from the National Intelligence Service was in contact with an Islamist and pretended to be from the terrorist organization IS. The Islamist announced a planned operation in Europe. The messages between the agent and the Islamist are part of the evidence for the police investigating the shooting. As a defender, Dietrichson has been given access to this. But much is missing, says Dietrichson after analyzing the messages. As a result, neither the police nor the defenders have had access to all the messages between the parties, he says. Marius Dietrichson is the defender of Zaniar Matapour. Photo: Gunnar Bratthammer / news – It is quite clear that all the reports are not part of the case, and they must correct that. Now the police simply have to be a little more forward-leaning than they have been here, and not let it be up to the intelligence service and the security authorities if civil society should find out what has been going on here, he says to news. The e-service has been submitted to the criticism in this case, but has chosen not to comment on it. They also do not want to comment on the claim from police attorney Ingvild Myrold. – It is necessary for society to get the whole picture He says he is a bit “in a daze” about the police’s handling of the material from the intelligence. – The national authorities may have pushed and in part encouraged what has taken place. The messages show it. It is therefore necessary that civil society gets the whole picture. What have you said here? What have you accomplished? – Now that we also learn that the security service has not been able to share the messages we see now, which could have made it possible for us to stop it, that the police could have intervened and stopped it, then we think that this is something society needs to know. The intelligence service notified PST of information they had received about a possible terrorist attack. Despite this warning, PST did not start a so-called preventive investigation. The Oslo police were notified of the terror alert two days after the shooting. Outgoing PST deputy chief Hedvig Moe told VG in April that the National Intelligence Service had not shared all relevant information with PST in advance of the shooting. Communications manager in the E-service, Ann-Kristin Bjergene, has previously told news that they have a close counter-terror cooperation with PST where all relevant information is shared. The police have asked for more material Police attorney Ingvild Myrold tells news that the police asked the E-service for further information in the case before Dietrichson was appointed as a defense attorney for Matapour in mid-November 2022. – We feel that the E-service is accommodating and will carry out investigations to see if we can use the material further. We are now awaiting a response from them and fully understand that such a process can take time. Ingvild Myrold is the police attorney in the shooting case. Photo: Sverre Holm-Nilsen / news – Five months is a long time. Do you understand Dietrichson’s criticism that you are not forward thinking enough? – We have full confidence that the E-service is carrying out investigations and we are awaiting a response from them. – Have you been given any time when you can expect a reply? – We have not received a response, but are awaiting a response from them. – Is it true that not all the messages are in the case? – I cannot go in and comment on the details of the evidence, but we are well aware of the content of the material, and we also look at what aspects or challenges the material may have, says Myrold to news. Bhatti charged It is previously known that Arfan Bhatti has been charged with complicity in serious terrorism after the mass shooting in Oslo. Bhatti was not in the country when the shooting happened. According to the police, there are digital traces pointing in his direction. news knows that a media file Bhatti is said to have sent is central to the case. According to VG, terror suspect Zaniar Matapour swore allegiance to IS in this media file. Shortly after the shooting, Bhatti is said to have uploaded and sent the oath to a person he thought was an IS leader. In reality, the person was an agent on assignment from the E-service. Police attorney Enoksen tells news that this is part of the basis for the charge against the Islamist. Bhatti, who is currently in Pakistan, denies any wrongdoing.
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