Police attorney Ingvild Myrold confirms the charge to news. – It is the details in the messages that form the basis for this charge, says the police lawyer. The woman was tricked by a secret agent who worked for the Norwegian Intelligence Service into giving information about the attack plans. IN THE SAME CIRCLE: Arfan Bhatti and the woman were part of the same Islamist milieu in Norway. According to the police, the woman thought she was writing messages with a person associated with IS. The woman in her 30s has been central to the extreme Islamist milieu in Norway for many years. She has been in the circle of Arfan Bhatti, who is also charged in the case. The woman was previously charged with participating in a terrorist organization in Syria back in 2014. She is internationally wanted in the 25 June case, the police confirm. The police say that the woman was charged in the case as early as 28 September. – We know she stays in a place known to us, which we do not want to go out with. She stays abroad, says Myrold. According to the police, the woman has not yet been informed of the charge, because they have not made contact with her. Police prosecutor Ingvild Myrold states that the police have been in contact with the woman during the investigation. Didn’t speak to his client Lawyer Petar Sekulic has been appointed as the woman’s defender. – I currently have no comment. As of today, it is impossible to make contact with the client, says Sekulic to news. The woman’s Norwegian defender Petar Sekulic. Photo: Heiko Junge / NTB Arfan Bhatti’s defender, John Christian Elden, hopes the police will catch the woman. – We hope that an interrogation of her can clarify that the charge against Bhatti is incorrect, he says to news. Tricked by the E-service According to the Swedish Intelligence Service, the woman must have known about the planning of the terrorist attack in Oslo on the night of 25 June last year. The National Intelligence Service found out about this because they had lured the woman into a trap. – Out of consideration for the upcoming trial, we refrain from commenting, says Ann-Kristin Bjergene, communications manager at the Norwegian Intelligence Service. – This is the first time we have received information from the intelligence service for use in a criminal case, says police attorney Ingvild Myrold. Police attorney Ingvild Myrold. Photo: Olav Døvik / news For several years the woman must have thought she was chatting with an IS fighter. In reality, the interlocutor was a secret agent. According to the service itself, she has unknowingly been a source for the E-service for a long time in this way. On Sunday 19 June last year, the woman is said to have sent a number of messages to the man she thought was an IS fighter. The woman is said to have tried to get help to establish contact between Norwegian Islamists and someone in the terrorist group IS who could take responsibility for an imminent attack. She turned on a self-deleting feature that made the messages she sent the agent disappear as soon as they were read. The defense attorney for terrorist accused Zaniar Matapour, Marius Dietrichson, has previously stated that the messages from the accused woman were provoked by the e-services. The police disagree with that. – Our opinion is that the E-service has not provoked this attack. But that will be clarified in a possible main negotiation, says Myrold. Wanted IS to take responsibility While the woman said that an attack was being planned in Scandinavia, the agent took pictures of the messages. The messages are now part of the police evidence. The woman told about a “brother” who was involved in an operation that was to take place in a Scandinavian country. The woman said that the “brothers” wanted approval from IS before the terrorist attack. They also wanted IS to take responsibility for the attack afterwards. 19 June 2022Norwegian wanted Islamist: The brother is involved I’m an operation they’re planning to do in a country in europe19. June 2022Norwegian wanted Islamist: And they want D to take the responsibility after it happens In the chat, the agent asks if the brothers are “ours”, understood to be part of IS. AE = Agent for the National Intelligence Service NI = Norwegian wanted Islamist June 19, 2022AEA Agent for the National Intelligence Service: Are they ours?19. June 2022Norwegian wanted Islamist: And because of my situation and history, I dont want to be too much involved. 19. June 2022Norwegian wanted Islamist: Yes. They tried to come, but got caught in Turkey and banned for life19. June 2022Norwegian wanted Islamist: I’m already internationally wanted and I fear they might take me back to Norway by force19. June 2022Norwegian wanted Islamist: If they can prove that I had any involvement, ita gonna be a disaster The woman writes further that she does not know where or when the “operation” is to be carried out. The agent then asked if the woman was sure that the brothers belong to “us”. Then the woman replied: 19 June 2022Norwegian wanted Islamist: Yes akhi, I’m 10000% sure Triggered terror alarm It was the messages in this chat that led the Norwegian Intelligence Service to sound the terror alarm on Monday 20 June. The e-service notified the Police Security Service (PST) and assessed that an attack in Norway was “imminent”. They considered that the “brother” the woman was talking about was Arfan Bhatti. PST has subsequently received strong criticism for how they handled the notice. On the night of Saturday 25 June, Zaniar Matapour attacked in the center of Oslo. He killed two and injured many more when he opened fire on two nightclubs. Just hours after Oslo was hit by terror, the agent is said to have received a message from the woman again. She shared a link from news. Then she writes that the operation is complete. She also thanks Allah: 25 June at 13.08Norwegian wanted Islamist: The 3amaliyah has been completed. Alhamduillah Shared Contact Info She then shared the contact info of what she says is Arfan Bhatti. At this time, Bhatti was in Pakistan. The woman was also worried about whether it was wise for IS to take responsibility for the attack, now that Matapour had been caught. That Bhatti tried to travel to Syria, but was unable to do so, is repeated in these messages. 25 June at 22.54Norwegian wanted Islamist: The brother who did the 3amaliyah is named zanoat matapour, Kurdish from iranZaniar*And the media is wrighting that now that brother was a friend of arfan BhattiArfan tried to come, but got banned AEAgent for Etterrettingtjensten: He’s the brother you who you told about?Norwegian wanted Islamist:Yes.AEAgent for the Intelligence Service:Subhan Allah! has kuffar arrested him?Norwegian wanted islamist:noNot yetHe is not in NorwayHe traveledBut he also said you should hurry up and contact himSo please, if you can just message him so I don’t need to be the middle person anymore Now the woman is the police believe that these messages are behind the charge of complicity in terrorism. This means that a total of five people have been charged with terrorism or complicity in terrorism. Four deny criminal guilt. The woman is not familiar with the charge.
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