Norway mosque shooter may have killed family member first - police

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Norway mosque shooter may have killed family member first - police

By Lefteris Karagiannopoulos and Terje Solsvik

 

Emergency crews are seen near a stretcher after a shooting in al-Noor Islamic center mosque, near Oslo, Norway August 10, 2019. NTB Scanpix/Terje Pedersen via REUTERS

 

OSLO (Reuters) - The man suspected of a shooting at a mosque in Norway may also have killed a relative before launching the attack, police said late on Saturday.

 

"A young woman was found dead at the suspect's address," assistant chief of police Rune Skjold told a news conference, adding that the man was suspected of murder.

 

Police earlier said a "young white man" had been apprehended following an armed attack at the al-Noor Islamic Centre near the country's capital, adding that members of the congregation had overpowered the gunman and stopped the shooting.

 

An older man sustained light injuries in the attack but it was too early to say if the wounds were caused by the gunshots or sustained during the attempt to restrain the gunman, according to police.

 

An initial statement had said one person was shot in the attack.

 

The suspected attacker appeared to have acted alone, the police added.

 

"He is around 20 years old, a Norwegian citizen from the area," Skjold told Reuters.

 

"The man carried two shotgun-like weapons and a pistol. He broke through a glass door and fired shots," mosque director Irfan Mushtaq told TV2.

 

The shooter, who wore body armour and a helmet, was overpowered by members of the mosque before police arrived, Mushtaq added.

 

Only three people were present in the mosque at the time of the attack, preparing for Sunday's celebration of the Eid-al-Adha festival, which up to 1,000 people had been expected to attend, mosque spokesman Waheed Ahmed told Reuters.

 

The mosque earlier this year implemented extra security measures following the massacre of more than 50 people at two New Zealand mosques by a suspected right-wing extremist.

 

In 2011, anti-Muslim neo-Nazi Anders Behring Breivik massacred 77 people in Norway's worst peacetime atrocity, the majority of them teenagers at a youth camp.

 

(Editing by Peter Graff, Kirsten Donovan and Jonathan Oatis)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2019-08-11

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[Scott]

A racist tinged post and reply have been removed. 

 

[Pattayabeerbacon]

 mental health world wide is getting worse, Especially young white straight males.

 

 

 

[Orton Rd]

25 minutes ago, Pattayabeerbacon said:

 mental health world wide is getting worse, Especially young white straight males.

 

 

 

There were even one or two who were members of Isis as they butchered, raped and beheaded their way across the middle east. Killing for God is insanity personified.

[CharlieH]

Off topic removed.

[Bluespunk]

2 hours ago, Pattayabeerbacon said:

 mental health world wide is getting worse, Especially young white straight males.

 

 

 

You’re not wrong. Here’s a prime example 

 

Missouri Walmart panic caused by armed man testing gun rights https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-49303879

 

 

[Emdog]

Now we perhaps know why Trump says he would like more immigrants from Norway

[Krataiboy]

Interesting that the news report specifies the alleged shooter as being "white". Usually, when reporting crimes, the forces of law and the media conspire to avoid mentioning  colour or ethnicity. This is particularly true in Norway and other "progressive" Scandinavian countries.

 

Had the attacker targeted, say, a Christian church or Jewish synagogue, you can be certain we would not have been told if he was anything OTHER than white.

 

Why the double standard? We should be told colour and ethnicity, where known, in all instances - or none.

[maxcorrigan]

28 minutes ago, Krataiboy said:

Interesting that the news report specifies the alleged shooter as being "white". Usually, when reporting crimes, the forces of law and the media conspire to avoid mentioning  colour or ethnicity. This is particularly true in Norway and other "progressive" Scandinavian countries.

 

Had the attacker targeted, say, a Christian church or Jewish synagogue, you can be certain we would not have been told if he was anything OTHER than white.

 

Why the double standard? We should be told colour and ethnicity, where known, in all instances - or none.

And usually described as not terror related!

[PremiumLane]

4 hours ago, Krataiboy said:

Interesting that the news report specifies the alleged shooter as being "white". Usually, when reporting crimes, the forces of law and the media conspire to avoid mentioning  colour or ethnicity. This is particularly true in Norway and other "progressive" Scandinavian countries.

 

Had the attacker targeted, say, a Christian church or Jewish synagogue, you can be certain we would not have been told if he was anything OTHER than white.

 

Why the double standard? We should be told colour and ethnicity, where known, in all instances - or none.

you have to be joking, jeez do you even read the press?

[from the home of CC]

wannabe nut bar, throw away the key, good on the folks looking after themselves potentially saving many lives..

[Krataiboy]

1 hour ago, PremiumLane said:

you have to be joking, jeez do you even read the press?

Examples of what I'm apparently missing?