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Man turns self in for shooting at Mullah Krekar
2011-01-24
January 14, 2011 - A man in his 20s has turned himself in to police in Gothenburg, Sweden, in connection with last year's alleged assassination attempt against Mullah Krekar, who came to Norway as a refugee and since has been deemed a threat to national security.

Shots were fired against Krekar's former flat in Oslo in January of 2009. Police were about to give up on finding the gunman, but Norwegian Broadcasting (NRK) reported that new technical evidence from the crime scene led them to the man now under arrest in Gothenburg.

Police declined to release many details but say they can connect the suspect now under arrest to the shooting at Krekar's flat in Oslo's Tøyen district. He has been placed in remand custody for three weeks and Norwegian officials have initiated an extradition request.

Mullah Krekar's son-in-law was wounded in the shooting on the night of January 24, 2010.
Two paragraphs up it said 2009. Probably having trouble with the year change.
Krekar, who once led the guerrilla group Ansar al-Islam, was uninjured. He and his family now live at a secret address, pending his deportation back to Iraq.
Unless he goes to trial in Norway, as will have been reported a week later.
Norwegian authorities banished Krekar from Norway as long ago as 2003, after he'd repeatedly violated terms of his asylum and was linked to terrorist activity, but won't send him to Iraq unless they receive a guarantee he won't be executed there.
Posted by:trailing wife

#2  Or, maybe this is the reason he is keen to leave:
Krekar faces indictment and jail

Posted by: tipper   2011-01-24 04:02  

#1  Now, for some strange reason (nothing to do with the fact that they are coming after him, of course)
Krekar suddenly keen to leave
Posted by: tipper   2011-01-24 03:55  

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