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Reuters
Terje Solsvik and Gwladys Fouche
OSLO — The horrifying reuters at the gay bar in Oslo hide in the basement and desperately love when the shooters rampage and kill them. People and more than 20 injured on the day they were supposed to celebrate the annual Pride Parade.
Authorities believe that a 42-year-old Norwegian citizen from Iran is an intensified Muslim with a history of mental illness known to intelligence agencies since 2015. Said that.
The attack took place early on Saturday, with victims inside and outside the London Pub, a long-time hub of the Oslo LGBTQ scene, and one other in the surrounding streets and in the heart of the Norwegian capital. I was shot at a bar. ..
Bili Blum-Jansen, who was in a pub in London, said he fled to the basement to escape the bullet hail and hid there with 80 to 100 other people. rice field.
"Many people called their partners and families and felt like they were saying goodbye. Others helped calm those who were very afraid." He told TV2.
"I was a little panicked and thought that if one or more shooters arrived, we would all die. There was no way out."
The suspect was detained minutes after embarking on a shooting, police said he believed he had acted alone. They added that two weapons, including a fully automatic gun, were recovered from the crime scene.
Other witnesses have described the turmoil that has occurred inside and outside the London pub, which has been open since 1979.
"Many people cried, injured screamed, people were suffering and scared – very, very scary," just before the shooting. Marcus Nibakken, 46, who left the bar and later returned to help, said.
"My first thought was that pride was the target. That's scary."
Public broadcaster NRK journalist Olav Roenneberg said he was in the area at the time. He said he saw a man arrive with his bag, take out his gun and start shooting. He had to cover.
It wasn't clear where the two were killed in the London pub area.
Norwegian police carrying guns
Security officials have raised the country's terrorist threat rating to the highest level after the attack.
Normally unarmed Norwegian police will carry guns as a precautionary measure until further notice, said Benedict Bjornland.
The organizers of Oslo Pride canceled the parade on Saturday because of police advice. "We will soon be proud and visible again, but today we will mark a celebration of pride at home," they said.
Still, thousands of people started a voluntary march in central Oslo, waving a rainbow-colored flag and chanting in English.
Norwegian King Haral said he and his royal family were devastated by the attack, and police also said that 10 were seriously injured and 11 were slightly injured.
"We need to stand together and uphold our values: freedom, diversity, and respect for each other," added the 85-year-old monarch.
The shooting took place just a few months after Norway's 50-year-old law on gay sex was abolished.
Although the far-right radical Anders Behring Breivik experienced hatred-motivated mass shootings, such as the killing of 77 people in 2011, many 5.4 million Scandinavian countries Crime rate is lower than in western countries. And Gwladys Fouche; edited by Sam Holmes and Pravin Char)