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Kostya Manenkov And Jari Tanner
Norway, Oslo — A group of suspects Norway The shootings at the LGBTQ Festival in Norway refused to explain his actions to investigators and will be detained before the trial for the next four weeks, police and his defense lawyer said on Sunday.
A man, who was originally a 42-year-old Norwegian citizen from Iran, was arrested shortly after being shot in the nightlife district of Oslo early Saturday. .. He has been detained on suspicion of murder, attempted murder, and terrorism.
Two people were killed and more than 20 were injured in what Norwegian security forces called "Terrorist acts of Muslims."
Oslo police said they tried to ask the suspect on Saturday and Sunday but were unsuccessful. Norwegian media has identified him as Zaniar Matapour.
Matapur's defense lawyer, John Christian Elden, emails the Associated Press and his clients will record his statement and record it in a video unless police publish the entire record. Said he refused. Censored or manipulated.
Cross-examination records are standard police practice, and
Elden did not previously deny that his client was a shooter. However, he said he did not reveal his motive. The lawyer said on Sunday that he would not appear in court on Monday because Matapur did not object to being detained for four weeks.
In Norway, pretrial detention hearings are usually held every four weeks.
The Norwegian Prime Minister and members of the royal family joined the mourners at a memorial service held at Oslo Cathedral on Sunday for the victims of the attack.
Shooters fired in three locations, including outside the London pub, a popular gay bar in Oslo. Police investigators said it was premature to say whether the attackers specifically targeted the LGBTQ community.
The pride parade scheduled for Saturday was canceled due to shootings.
Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre said in a memorial service on Sunday: ..
He also talked about the Norwegian Muslim community.
"I know how many of you felt when the perpetrators were found to belong to the Islamic community. Many of you experienced fear and anxiety. You You should know this: we are standing together, we are one community and we are responsible for the community together.
Norway Media said Matapour arrived in Norway with his family from some of the Kurdish people in Iran in the 1990s.
He committed drug crimes and weapons crimes to carry knives. Investigators said they had seized two weapons, a fist gun and an automatic weapon, after the shooting on Saturday.
Norwegian domestic security known as the Norwegian acronym PST. The agency said it first noticed the suspect on Saturday and was then concerned that he had become part of an unspecified Muslim network.
Sunday, Norwegian media. Reported that Matapur had been in close contact with Norwegian police militants living in Norway, which Norwegian police had long known.
— Tanner reported from Helsinki.
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