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A 42-year-old male has been arrested and charged with murder, attempted murder, and acts of terror after a mass shooting in the Norwegian capital of Oslo on Saturday.
The shooting left two people dead and 21 others wounded as the gunman, a Norwegian national of Iranian origin, targeted a known LGBT-friendly bar and two other venues on the day of Oslo Pride in what police called an “act of Islamist terrorism.”
What we know about the attack
The shooting started at approximately 1:15 a.m. local time on Saturday, according to officials.
Eyewitnesses said the suspect took out a gun from his bag and started shooting indiscriminately at the London Pub, a well known LGBT-friendly venue in the center of Oslo. Some in the vicinity manged to flee, while between 80 and 100 people barricaded themselves in the basement of the venue and called loved ones as the gunman continued his rampage, one eyewitness told TV2.
The attacker was apprehended by authorities and arrested, and two weapons were seized by police, including a fully automatic firearm.
The two deceased victims were males in their 50s and 60s, and of the 21 injured, 10 were in a serious condition.
“There is reason to think that this may be a hate crime,” police said on Saturday. “We are investigating whether Pride was a target in itself or whether there are other motives.”
“Everything indicates that this has been an attack by an Islamist extremist,” Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere told a news conference…
