Police say radical youth organization Blitz intended to use explosives in connection with the ongoing NATO meeting in Oslo. Part of the police seizure outside the Blitz house - rocks and low level explosives, firecrackers for ground level detonation. Operation leader Even Jørstad confirmed that police had moved in and raided the Blitz house in downtown Oslo in the first hour of Friday.
A police press release announced that they had carried out a search on the Blitz headquarters. "The background for the decision was that the police have reason to believe that there have been plans to use explosives in connection with the NATO meeting of Foreign Ministers in Oslo," the release said. "These explosives were produced and stored at the Blitz house. The raid and search was carried out to secure evidence," police said.
Police field operation leader Thor Langli told Aftenposten.no that they entered through the front door as the house was empty at the time. Langli said the decision was made after Blitz and police clashed in connection with a protest demonstration linked to the NATO meeting in Oslo Thursday and Friday. "We have found over 70 crates of firecrackers and projectiles in the house," Langli said. The projectiles were primarily stones and bricks. |