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No motive yet for Norway mosque shooting: police
OSLO, Aug 11, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – The suspect in a weekend shooting at a
mosque near Oslo, has not given any explanation for his actions, police said
Sunday.
The suspect, armed with multiple weapons, opened fire in the mosque but
one person there managed to overpower him, suffering “minor injuries” in the
process.
Shortly after the attack Saturday the body of a young woman related to the
suspect was found in a home in the suburb of Baerum where the shooting took
place.
Police said they have opened a murder probe into a “suspicious death”.
Police said Sunday they had tried to question the suspect, described as a
“young man” with a “Norwegian background” who was living in the vicinity but
he did not want to “give an explanation to police”.
“He therefore hasn’t taken any position in regards to the charge,” acting
chief of the police operation Rune Skjold said in a statement, adding that a
press conference was scheduled at midday (1000 GMT).
On Saturday, Norwegian media reported that the suspect was believed to
have put up a post to an online forum hours before the attack where he
seemingly praised the assailant in the attacks on two mosques in New Zealand
in March, when 51 people where killed.
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