Oslo Police Looking for 2nd Suspect on Gay Bar Killings

Norway's Crown Prince Haakon, Crown Princess Mette-Marit and Norway's Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store visit a scene of a shooting at the London Pub, a popular gay bar and nightclub, in Oslo, Norway, June 25, 2022. Javad Parsa/NTB/via REUTERS 

by Associated Press

COPENHAGEN, Denmark -- Authorities in Norway are seeking a second suspect in a deadly shooting attack during the Norwegian capital's annual LGBTQ Pride festival, police said Friday.

A 42-year-old Norwegian citizen from Iran was arrested after the June shootings in Oslo's nightlife district that killed two people and wounded more than 20. A second Norwegian man in his 40s is now being sought for a suspected role in the attack, police said.

“The hypothesis that the attack was carried out with terrorist intent has been strengthened,” prosecutor Børge Enoksen said during a press conference.

The wanted man was well-known to police and currently outside Norway, but “we do not want to comment on which country the person is currently in,” Enoksen said. Norwegian broadcaster TV2 reported it was Pakistan.

Norwegian media identified the man as a 44-year-old who allegedly posted online statements about killing gay people. The media reports said he knew Zaniar Matapour, the main suspect behind the June 25 attack that the Norwegian Police Security Service has called an “Islamist terror act.”

Matapour who according to Norwegian media arrived in Norway with his family from a Kurdish part of Iran in the 1990s faces preliminary charges of murder and attempted murder.

Note: 

One of the reasons Turkey had problems with the Netherlands to become part of NATO is their open borders in which you have terrorists from apparently passing through and going to other NATO nations once they get their citizenship in Norway. This is what at least one of these killers did. The one that the police caught was from Iran with citizenship from Norway. Are they crazy? Where is common sense? 

The Netherlands agreed to close those borders once they become members of NATO but meanwhile how many will lose their lives to terrorists coming in as tourists or migrants looking for protection.

Adam