Janiar Matapour was born in Iranian Kurdistan and went to Norway as a refugee at the age of 12 – Known to Norwegian authorities for various offenses
The suspect, who was arrested for yesterday attack in Oslo with two dead and 21 woundedis considered to be a radical Islamist suffering from mental illness, the Norwegian secret service, the PST, announced today.
The suspect arrested after the shootings around 01:00 local time (02:00 Greek time) outside two nightclubsone of whom was a gay club in central Oslo, is a 42-year-old Norwegian of Iranian descent, said a police official in the Norwegian capital.
His name has not been released, and he has been known to the intelligence services since 2015, which are also in charge of counter-terrorism, the PST added. His name, however, is mentioned in the international media and is said to be Zannier Matapour. He was born in Iranian Kurdistan and went as a refugee at the age of 12 to Bergen, Norway.
There are also photos from his arrest on social media:
He had also been involved with police in the past for minor offenses, such as carrying a knife or even being convicted of drug possession.
Norwegian police say they are treating the attack as a “terrorist act”.
The attack took place out of the pub Per på hjørnetwhere the two people lost their lives, and then in front of the adjacent gay club London Pub, in the center of the Norwegian capital which was crowded on this hot summer night.
The suspect was arrested at 01:19 (02:19 Greek time), five minutes after the first notifications.
The statement of Emanuel Macron
French President Emmanuel Macron today called for unity “against hatred” and “the barbarity of an Islamist terrorist”.
“Oslo was struck last night by the barbarity of an Islamist terrorist. My heartfelt thoughts are with the victims and their families, with the wounded, with the Norwegian people,” the French president wrote on Twitter.
“In the face of hatred, we will always be stronger united,” he added.
The French Minister of the Interior Gerald Darmamen called on prefects today to step up security around LGBTQI + community gatherings during “pride marches” across France.
“The dramatic events that took place yesterday in Oslo, the motives of which have not yet been fully established, require an increase in general vigilance,” the minister wrote in a telegram accessed by Agence France-Presse.
THE Norwaya generally calm country, was rocked by a bloody attack on July 22, 2011.
That day, far-right extremist Anders Behring Breivik killed 77 people in a bomb attack on the government headquarters in Oslo and then opened fire indiscriminately on those who took part in a Labor youth camp on the island of Uteja.
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