The two are charged with complicity in the shooting in Rosenkrantz’ gate the night before the Pride parade was to be held in Oslo. The 30-year-old, who is a Norwegian citizen, has been detained for four weeks. The man is subjected to complete isolation, and a ban on newspapers and broadcasting for two weeks. In addition, he has a letter and visit ban for four weeks, says a ruling from the Oslo District Court. He has previously been convicted of illegal possession of the MP40 submachine gun. They are weapons of the same type that Zaniar Matapour used during the mass shooting. Matapour allegedly used a weapon of this type during the mass shooting in June. The accused man in his 30s has previously been convicted of possession of such a weapon. This photo is an illustration photo, not the weapon Matapour used. Photo: MUSEUM VEST / BJØRN WEST MUSEUM 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. 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. Formally, the two men are charged with complicity in terrorist acts. This is what police attorney Børge Enoksen says to news. Police attorney Børge Enoksen. Photo: Thomas Hagajore Fosse / Thomas Hagajore Fosse Does not acknowledge involvement The man in his 40s has had Victoria Holmen appointed as his defender. – He does not understand the charge, writes Holmen in an SMS to news. Øyvind Bratlien is defending the accused in his 30s. – I visited him in the detention center last night. My client does not acknowledge complicity in the incident in Oslo on 25 June. Børge Enoksen confirms this to news. – They do not plead guilty. The man in his 30s also consents to imprisonment. The man in his 40s will be produced for remand tomorrow. Relationship between the accused 43-year-old Zaniar Matapour has so far refused to explain himself to the police. Matapour is compulsorily admitted to Haukeland University Hospital for judicial observation. Before the weekend, the well-known Islamist Arfan Bhatti was also charged with complicity in the shooting. Enoksen says there is a relationship between the four accused in the case, but that it cannot be commented on at this time. 43-year-old Zaniar Matapour is charged with the shooting in Oslo on 25 June. He has so far refused to explain himself to the police. Photo: the police Former weapons conviction The youngest of the two accused is well known to the police and PST. He is in his mid-30s and has run a small delivery van company. He is now associated with a transport company. On Monday, police were observed outside his residence in Oslo. On Monday morning, the police were outside the house of the accused man in his 30s. Photo: Olav Døvik / news In May 2017, the man was arrested and charged with serious illegal possession of firearms. In addition, the police found ammunition, magazines and three pistols. The day after the man’s arrest, it was also known that the police suspected Arfan Bhatti of being involved in the case. The man confessed to the possession of weapons and was sentenced to six months in prison. PST has been interested in the 30-year-old The accused man in his 30s is also mentioned in a judgment from 2017. There, the environment linked to Bhatti and the Islamist group Profetens Ummah are mentioned. The sentence concerns a 17-year-old who was arrested with a bomb-like object in Greenland in April 2017. A witness in the case told the court that he had given the 17-year-old the number of the delivery van driver in March 2017. According to the witness, it was to help 17- the year to get a job. news knows that PST and the Oslo police district have for a long time been interested in the man in connection with the Oslo shooting. Now the man is charged in the terrorist case. Four men have now been charged in connection with the mass shooting in central Oslo on 25 June 2022. Photo: Camilla Svennæs Bergland Bhatti still at large Arfan Bhatti has been in Pakistan since May, and is now wanted internationally. The police believe Bhatti is still in the country. – We have not had contact with Bhatti, but with his defender, Svein Holden. This is what police attorney Børge Enoksen says to news. Arfan Bhatti is an Islamist who has been the leader of the organization Prophet’s Ummah. The police wrote in the press release on Monday morning that they have had officials in Pakistan. – This is to ensure the best possible cooperation with the Pakistani authorities. The police expect that the legal processes in Pakistan will take time. They believe it is therefore difficult to say when Bhatti might be arrested. Happy with the development The attack on 25 June happened the night before pride was to be held in Oslo. PST and the police believe queer people were the target of the attack. Inge Alexander Gjestvang, head of Fri – the association for gender and sexuality diversity, says he is happy to see a concrete development in the matter. Inge Alexander Gjestvang is leader of Fri – the association for gender and sexuality diversity. Photo: Bård Nafstad / news Gjestvang says the development in the case for the queer community is about safety. – I know that the police have prioritized this investigation quite highly, and I am happy to see that there is now a very concrete development. He also talks about how the attack affected the queer community. – But seeing such a brutal attack in our time does something to us. Many say they are unsure whether they can be open and visible in the public space. There is still a long way to go with such a big setback as the terror was, but we hope to be able to get back there.
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