On Saturday 25 June, Zaniar Matapour attacked two nightclubs in the center of Oslo. Matapour was armed with two old weapons: an MP40 submachine gun and a pistol. The MP40 is a German submachine gun known, among other things, from the Second World War. news has now received information from several sources that Matapour had problems handling the machine gun. Among other things, he did not pull out the folding stock, which meant that he had no shoulder support when he shot. This means that the weapon may be more difficult to control. A witness who was right outside the London pub when the shooting took place saw Matapour holding the machine gun at hip height. Lawyer Pål S. Jensen is a former police officer, and works a lot with cases related to weapons and hunting. He says this about the importance of having the folding stock out: – You pull it out to be able to use the sights and make the weapon more precise. If the folding stick is inside, it becomes more difficult to aim, and you may not use the aiming devices. Recoil and shaking will be constant, but you have more control when the butt is pulled out and put in the shoulder, says Jensen to news. Others with good knowledge of weapons that news has spoken to, but who do not want to be interviewed, say that it is possible to shoot accurately with the weapon with the folding stock inside, if you otherwise handle the weapon correctly. Shot trajectory may indicate that the accused was not in control The police have made a preliminary analysis of where Matapour’s shots have gone. The analyzes show, among other things, that his shots went high, which may indicate that the accused did not handle the weapon optimally. The shots went into, among other things, the second floor of the London pub. The shots fired at the terrorist suspect went into the second floor of the London pub, among other things. Photo: Synnøve Sundby Fallmyr / news Lawyer Sigurd Klomsæt is the legal representative for several of the victims in the case. One of the victims was on the second floor when the shots were fired. Lawyer Sigurd Klomsæt is the legal representative for several victims after the mass shooting. Photo: Kai Stokkeland – There is reason to believe that several lives were spared because he appears to be ignorant of weapons, says Klomsæt to news. Attorney John Christian Elden is Matapour’s defense attorney. He writes in a text message to news that the client should not be used to handling weapons. – Matapour has no particular knowledge of weapons. He has not explained himself, so only he knows where he got it from, writes the defender. Attorney John Christian Elden is Matapour’s defense attorney. Photo: Ole Berg Rusten / NTB The weapon must have been tickled The most common magazine for an MP40 holds 32 cartridges. The submachine gun is fully automatic. That means you don’t have to fire one shot at a time. news is informed that Matapour will not have had time to empty the entire magazine. The reason must be that the weapon tickled. Lawyer Pål S. Jensen. Photo: Private – It can typically happen when the weapon is worn. These are old guns, so it’s not unusual. Parts of the weapon may have been rounded. It may have been poorly cleaned and maintained. It can also happen because of the ammunition that is used, the weapons expert lawyer explains to news. Outside the London pub, the killer was also tackled by a civilian. The tackle caused Matapour to lose the machine gun, a witness previously told news. The witness perceived that Matapour had at this point stopped firing, and was doing something with the machine gun. It is not clear to news whether this was the time when the weapon had gone off. The weapon is said to originate from the Armed Forces. The MP40 has long been in circulation in the criminal underworld. After the Second World War, the Norwegian Armed Forces adopted the submachine gun. It was phased out in the 90s, but many weapons have gone to criminals. In 2019, the police had a major operation in which they seized over 2,000 weapons. Several of them came from the Norwegian Armed Forces, and should actually have been destroyed. Now news is informed that Matapour’s machine gun will also come from the Norwegian Armed Forces. The defense has not had the opportunity to respond to news today, and refers to the Oslo police district. This week it became known that the police charged two more people with complicity in a terrorist act. The police are investigating whether one of the accused may have provided Matapour with a weapon, news is informed. One of the accused has previously been convicted of illegal possession of an MP40. Both deny having anything to do with the case. The police: Weapon knowledge central news has asked a number of questions to police prosecutor Børge Enoksen in the Oslo police district. He does not want to comment on news’s information, partly because the accused has not been questioned. Børge Enoksen is a police prosecutor in the Oslo police district. Photo: Thomas Hagajore Fosse / news – Of course, the history of the weapons is interesting to us. We have a certain picture of the history without being able to comment on it now, says Enoksen to news. – Is there any indication that the accused may not be very familiar with weapons and in any case has not tried this weapon before this attack? – His history with weapons and any knowledge about it is central to us in the investigation, but I can’t go into detail there either, replies Enoksen. – We have received information that this machine gun tickled. Has the police also found out if it did? – Any dealings with the weapons that were used and how they were used are of interest to us and it is of course something that we focus on in the investigation, says the police attorney.
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