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The attack took place in the early hours, with victims shot inside and outside the London Pub, a well-known gay bar and nightclub open since 1979, as well as at ...

The suspect was known to authorities, including for violence of a less severe nature, police said. Norwegian police, who are not normally armed, will now carry guns until further notice as a precaution, Commander Benedicte Bjoernland said. "There is reason to think that this may be a hate crime," police said.

The attack in the area near a popular gay bar and nightclub comes just hours before the city's Pride parade. The suspect, identified as a 42-year-old ...

The suspect, identified as a 42-year-old Norwegian citizen originally from Iran, was arrested in a nearby street a few minutes after firing broke out at 1am local time. "Police are in contact with the organisers of the Pride event this Saturday," he said. Police said that the suspect, identified as a 42-year-old Norwegian citizen originally from Iran, was arrested in a nearby street a few minutes later.

In a news conference on Saturday, police officials said the man arrested after the shooting was a Norwegian citizen of Iranian origin who was previously known ...

All events in connection with Oslo Prides are cancelled,” organisers said on the official Facebook page of the event. He picked up a weapon and started shooting,” Mr Roenneberg told NRK. Organisers cancelled all Pride events planned for Saturday on the advice of police.

At least 10 others were injured at the London Pub in Oslo at 1am local time after a gunman opened fire at the popular gay bar and nightclub. The attack came ...

Then the glass of the bar next door was shattered and I understood I had to run for cover.” “Many were fearing for their lives,” he said. The attack came hours before the city’s Pride festival was due to start. “I saw a man arrive at the site with a bag. Oslo Pride said it was in contact with police following the incident but had decided to cancel the event. “Police are in contact with the organizers of the Pride event this Saturday. There will be a continuous assessment of what measures police should take to protect that event and whether this incident has a connection to Pride at all,” he told reporters.

A gunman opened fire in Oslo's night-life district early on Saturday, killing two people and leaving 10 seriously wounded in what police are investigating ...

Investigators said the suspect was known to police, as well as to Norway’s security police, but not for any major violent crimes. All events in connection with Oslo Prides are cancelled,” organisers said on the official Facebook page of the event. “Many were fearing for their lives,” he said. “We must stand together to defend our values: freedom, diversity and respect for each other. He picked up a weapon and started shooting,” Mr Roenneberg told NRK. “First I thought it was an air gun.

The shooting near an LGBTQ nightclub in central Oslo left at least two dead. The Oslo Pride parade, scheduled for Saturday, has now been cancelled.

“We are investigating whether the Pride was a target in itself or whether there are other motives.” Norwegian lawmakers have since banned semiautomatic weapons such as the type of firearm used in the 2011 rampage. Law enforcement said they had taken a person into custody near the scene of the attack and seized two weapons.

A gunman who opened fire in Oslo's nightlife district has killed two people and left more than 20 others injured during the LGBTQ Pride festival in Norway's ...

Then the glass of the bar next door was shattered and I understood I had to run for cover.” All events in connection with Oslo Pride are canceled,” organizers said on the official Facebook page of the event. Investigators said the suspect was known to police, as well as to PST, but not for any major violent crimes. “We must stand together to defend our values: freedom, diversity and respect for each other. “I’d like to say I’m surprised, but I’m not because as queer youth we live in fear of something like this happening.” Police said two men, one in his 50s and and the other his 60s, died in the shootings. “Many were fearing for their lives,” he said. “I saw a man arrive at the site with a bag. Police said civilians assisted them in detaining the man in custody. Benjamin Lau- Henriksen, 15, and his friend Li-Sullivan Köker Bolstad, 16, walked by the London Pub on their way home from a nearby Pride party for young people about two hours before the shooting. Scores of people marched through the capital anyway, waving rainbow flags. Ten people were treated for serious injuries, but none of them was believed to be in life-threatening condition.

Organisers of the Oslo Pride festival cancelled Saturday's planned events on police advice.

All events in connection with Oslo Prides are cancelled,” organisers said on the official Facebook page of the event. His criminal record included a narcotics offence and a weapons offense for carrying a knife, Mr Hatlo said. “Many were fearing for their lives,” he said. “We must stand together to defend our values: freedom, diversity and respect for each other. He picked up a weapon and started shooting,” Mr Roenneberg told NRK. “First I thought it was an air gun.

A gunman opened fire at three locations in the centre of the Norwegian capital in the early hours of Saturday, including outside the London Pub, a longstanding ...

“I thought it was a fight out there, so I pulled out. “He picked up a weapon and started shooting. We’ll be back later, proud, visible but right now it’s not the time for that.” Start your Independent Premium subscription today. “First I thought it was an air gun. “We need to go through his medical history, if he has any.

TWO people have been killed and at least 21 injured after a spree shooting in central Oslo, with police now investigating it as a terrorist incident.

The police say they are also working on the basis of a theory that the man's mental health may have affected the night's incident. Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere called it a "terrible and deeply shocking attack on innocent people. The Pride parade was to take place in central Oslo but has now been cancelled on the advice of the police because the situation is still unclear. The accused is a 42-year-old Norwegian citizen, of Iranian origin, who lives in Oslo. At 01.14 am on Saturday night police in Oslo received a number of reports that several shots had been fired at a nightclub called the London pub in the city centre. Norwegian police officer Tore Barstad, who is the task leader at the crime scene, said investigations are taking place at the London Pub, and at two other locations, the Herr Nilsen bar and a small fast food restaurant.

An overnight shooting in the Norwegian capital, Oslo, that killed two people and wounded more than a dozen is being investigated as a possible terrorist ...

He picked up a weapon and started shooting," Roenneberg told NRK. "First I thought it was an air gun. All events in connection with Oslo Prides are canceled," organizers said on the official Facebook page of the event. Organizers canceled all Pride events planned for Saturday on the advice of police.

The Norwegian Police Security Service raised its terror alert level from 'moderate' to 'extraordinary' – the highest level – after the…

All events in connection with Oslo Pride are cancelled,” organisers said on the official Facebook page of the event. “We must stand together to defend our values: freedom, diversity and respect for each other. He picked up a weapon and started shooting,” Mr Roenneberg told NRK. “First I thought it was an air gun. King Harald V offered condolences to the relatives of victims and said the royal family was “horrified” by the attack. Christian Bredeli, who was at the London Pub, told Norwegian newspaper VG that he hid on the fourth floor with a group of about 10 people until he was told it was safe to come out. He said that while the motive was unclear, the shooting had caused fear and grief in the LGBTQ community. Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere said in a Facebook post that “the shooting outside London Pub in Oslo tonight was a cruel and deeply shocking attack on innocent people”. Then the glass of the bar next door was shattered and I understood I had to run for cover.” Mr Hatlo said the suspect was being held on suspicion of murder, attempted murder and terrorism, based on the number of people targeted at multiple locations. The service’s acting chief Roger Berg called the attack an “extreme Islamist terror act” and said the suspect had a “long history of violence and threats”, as well as mental health issues. Police said two men, one in his 50s and the other in his 60s, died in the shootings.

A gunman opened fire in Oslo's night-life district early on Saturday, killing two people and leaving more than 20 wounded in what the Norwegian security ...

Investigators said the suspect was known to police, as well as to Norway’s security police, but not for any major violent crimes. All events in connection with Oslo Prides are cancelled,” organisers said on the official Facebook page of the event. “Many were fearing for their lives,” he said. “We must stand together to defend our values: freedom, diversity and respect for each other. He picked up a weapon and started shooting,” Mr Roenneberg told NRK. “First I thought it was an air gun.

The horrific shooting in Norway this morning has been felt around the world. The United States strongly condemns this act of terror. We stand in.

The 42-year-old man charged with killing two people and injuring 21 others at a gay bar in Norway has been named and pictured by local media.

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The shooting happened outside a downtown Oslo bar that is popular among the city's LGBTQ+ community, according to witnesses and local media.

Investigators said the suspect was known to police, as well as to PST, but not for any major violent crimes. Then the glass of the bar next door was shattered and I understood I had to run for cover.” “We must stand together to defend our values: freedom, diversity and respect for each other. “I saw a man arrive at the site with a bag. “Our thoughts are with the victims and their loved ones.” “Many were fearing for their lives,” he said.

Security services raise the country's terror alert to the highest level of "extraordinary" and police will now carry guns following the armed rampage, ...

Journalist Olav Roenneberg of public broadcaster NRK said he was in the area at the time and saw a man arrive with a bag, take out a gun and start to shoot. Marcus Nybakken, 46, who had left the bar shortly before the shooting and returned later to help, said: "Many people were crying and screaming, the injured were screaming, people were distressed and scared - very, very scared. Bili Blum-Jansen, who was in the London Pub, said he fled to the basement to escape the hail of bullets and hid there along with up to 100 other people. He said the man, who was detained shortly after the attack, had a "long history of violence and threats" as well as mental health issues. It came as people flocked to the scene of the incident to pay tribute to those killed and hurt, by laying a colourful carpet of flowers and LGBT+ flags, including Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway and members of the government. Security services raise the country's terror alert to the highest level of "extraordinary" and police will now carry guns following the armed rampage, which killed two people, wounded more than 20 and led to the cancellation of the city's Pride parade.

The Norwegian Police Security Service raised its terror alert level from 'moderate' to 'extraordinary' – the highest level – after the…

All events in connection with Oslo Pride are cancelled,” organisers said on the official Facebook page of the event. “We must stand together to defend our values: freedom, diversity and respect for each other. He picked up a weapon and started shooting,” Mr Roenneberg told NRK. “First I thought it was an air gun. King Harald V offered condolences to the relatives of victims and said the royal family was “horrified” by the attack. Christian Bredeli, who was at the London Pub, told Norwegian newspaper VG that he hid on the fourth floor with a group of about 10 people until he was told it was safe to come out. He said that while the motive was unclear, the shooting had caused fear and grief in the LGBTQ community. Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere said in a Facebook post that “the shooting outside London Pub in Oslo tonight was a cruel and deeply shocking attack on innocent people”. Then the glass of the bar next door was shattered and I understood I had to run for cover.” Mr Hatlo said the suspect was being held on suspicion of murder, attempted murder and terrorism, based on the number of people targeted at multiple locations. The service’s acting chief Roger Berg called the attack an “extreme Islamist terror act” and said the suspect had a “long history of violence and threats”, as well as mental health issues. Police said two men, one in his 50s and the other in his 60s, died in the shootings.

A gunman opened fire in Oslo's night-life district early on Saturday, killing two people and leaving 10 seriously wounded in what police are investigating ...

All events in connection with Oslo Prides are cancelled,” organisers said on the official Facebook page of the event. His criminal record included a narcotics offence and a weapons offense for carrying a knife, Mr Hatlo said. “Many were fearing for their lives,” he said. He said the suspect had not made any statement to the police and was in contact with a defence lawyer. He picked up a weapon and started shooting,” Mr Roenneberg told NRK. “First I thought it was an air gun.

The 26-year-old captained her side to a 2-0 victory against the Football Ferns at Oslo's Ullevaal Stadion. The Norwegian capital had been rocked by an attack ...

It was a big loss for Norway – Hegerberg is regarded as one of the best talents in women’s football. “I had nightmares after being with the national team, you shouldn’t have things like that. The Herr Nilsen Jazz Club and another pub were also in the vicinity.

The deadly rampage by a gunman at a gay bar and another venue in central Oslo on Saturday will not put an end to the fight for the rights of all individuals ...

He told broadcaster TV2 it was not possible to draw any conclusions about the motives or reasons for the attack. It is not safe from dangers. This fight is not over.

Norway's prime minister and members of the royal family joined mourners at a memorial service in Oslo Cathedral Sunday for the victims of a shooting in the ...

Many of you experienced fear and unrest. “I know how many of you felt when it turned out that the perpetrator belonged to the Islamic community. A suspect is in custody.

Investigators are probing motives of suspected gunman, who opened fire in the early hours of Saturday, killing two and wounding 21.

Everyone has the right to live as they choose," said chef Kristin Wenstad as she paid her respects. He refused on Saturday to be questioned as to his motives. The whole country has been shaken by this attack," the Norwegian Protestant Church said. We're queer. Norwegian media named him as Zaniar Matapour. "The shooting ... put an end to the Pride march," said a somber Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store. "But it has not put an end to the fight to end discrimination, prejudice and hate."