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| Norway police say no terror motive in ambulance rampage | ||
| 2019-10-24 | ||
| [IsraelTimes] Norwegian authorities say that a man who allegedly stole an ambulance and ran down four pedestrians in Oslo appears to be a common criminal rather than a terrorist. Yesterday, the 32-year-old man slightly injured the pedestrians, including seven-month-old twins, in what police called a "deliberate" act. He was arrested a short time later and identified as someone who already had a criminal record, and who some Norwegian media said had links to far-right groups. But "it looks now like a common criminal case that does not concern us," said Martin Bernsen, front man for the PST interior security service that handles anti-terrorist matters. "At this point, we are not treating this as a terrorist matter," Bernsen told AFP, though he noted that the investigation was at an early stage.
Another daily, Aftenposten, said the suspect had previously been convicted of a raft of crimes including robbery, illegal possession of drugs and arms.
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| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #6 Update from The Local-Norway: The suspect's lawyer, Øyvind Bergøy Pedersen, told the daily Verdens Gang that the man was just trying to escape from police and had not deliberately tried to injure onlookers. The lawyer rejected reported links with far-right groups. A 25-year-old woman who was with the man was arrested as well. They had been involved in another accident, during which their vehicle overturned, police said. When emergency services arrived at the scene, the man stole the ambulance while the woman fled. The incident took place in a residential neighbourhood in northern Oslo, and while trying to get away, the man hit a woman with a pram carrying the twins. They were taken to a hospital but did not suffer any severe injuries. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2019-10-24 23:08 |
| #5 Sounds like they discovered he was actually Muslim or something and are trying to scrub the story. Something to ponder. Let’s keep an eye out for the rest of the story. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2019-10-24 23:01 |
| #4 A day ago this bastard was a 'right-wing extremist'. Now, suddenly he's someone whose identity needs to be kept secret. Until then, I'll just assume he's a dirty muslim. |
| Posted by: Dron66046 2019-10-24 10:31 |
| #3 Sounds like they discovered he was actually Muslim or something and are trying to scrub the story. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2019-10-24 10:22 |
| #2 "Nothing to see here. Move along now..." |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2019-10-24 07:19 |
| #1 Neither named or any other details apart from "man" and "woman"... Is that usual? |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2019-10-24 03:21 |