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Norway Mosque Terror Attack Suspect Appears in Court

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08/12/19
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The Al-Noor Mosque in Norway, where a white supremacist terrorist opened fired but was wrestled to the grown by worshipers, preventing anyone from being killed.

The Al-Noor Mosque in Norway, where a white supremacist terrorist opened fired but was wrestled to the grown by worshipers, preventing anyone from being killed. Photo: AFP

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A Norwegian man suspected of killing his stepsister and opening fire at a mosque near Oslo at the weekend appeared at a court detention hearing beaten and bruised but smiling on Monday, accused of murder and a terrorist act.

The man, identified as 21-year-old Philip Manshaus, appeared in the Oslo court with two black eyes and scrapes and bruises on his face, neck and hands, probably obtained when he was overpowered at the mosque.

Two men, Mohammad Rafiq and Mohamed Iqbal, reportedly were able to wrestle  Manshaus to the ground and hold him until police arrived, preventing anyone from being killed.

Police say he has “extreme right views” and “xenophobic positions.” The Norway incident comes amid a rise in far-right, white supremacist attacks around the world.

Manshaus is formally suspected of murder in the death of his 17-year-old stepsister, and of a “terrorist act” at the Al-Noor mosque on Saturday. He rejects the allegations.

In Norway, being formally named as a suspect is a step prior to indictment.

Manshaus entered the courtroom smiling to cameras, wearing dark clothes and his hair cut short.

A 65-year-old man stopped an alleged gunman from attacking a mosque in Norway by wrestling him to the ground and pulling his guns away.

Mohammad Rafiq is a retired Air Force officer from Pakistan.

The attempted attack is being investigated as possible terrorism. pic.twitter.com/wXzCA7KOsV

— AJ+ (@ajplus) August 12, 2019

The court said there were “reasonable grounds” to suspect Manshaus had committed the criminal acts and remanded him in custody for four weeks, as police had requested.

During the first two, he will be kept in “complete isolation.”

Manshaus had asked to be released, his lawyer Unni Fries said after the initial hearing.

“He rejects the allegations and exercises his right to not explain himself,” she said.

‘Pretty Vague’ Past Tip  

Manshaus is accused of entering the mosque in the affluent Oslo suburb of Baerum armed with at least two weapons and opening fire before being overpowered by a 65-year-old man who suffered minor injuries. Three worshippers were present in the mosque.

Hours after the attack, the body of a young woman was found in a home in Baerum and police on Sunday confirmed it was Manshaus’s 17-year-old stepsister.

According to local media, she was of Chinese origin and had been adopted by the companion of Manshaus’s father.

On Monday, Norway’s domestic intelligence service PST said it had received a tip “about a year ago” about Manshaus, but that they chose not to act on it.

“The tip was pretty vague and was not indicative of any imminent terrorism plot,” PST chief Hans Sverre Sjovold told reporters.

PST, which said it receives a large number of similar tips, has not raised the threat alert level in Norway from the current low level.

Mohammed Rafiq, 75 (left) tackled and subdued the Oslo mosque shooter (right) pic.twitter.com/ZjxiJSZ2lu

— Molly Crabapple???????? (@mollycrabapple) August 12, 2019

‘Race War’ Post 

Shortly before the mosque attack, a person identifying himself as Philip Manshaus had posted a message on the EndChan forum calling for a “race war” to be taken from the internet into real life (“irl”).

The author said he was selected by “saint tarrant,” an apparent reference to the New Zealand mosque attack suspect accused of killing 51 people in attacks on two mosques in Christchurch in March.

EndChan confirmed on Twitter that a man “claiming to be the Oslo shooter” had posted material on the forum.

The post ended with the words “Valhalla awaits,” a reference to the afterlife for those who have died in battle in Norse mythology.

The shooting follows a rise in white supremacist attacks, including the recent El Paso massacre in the United States.

The Oslo attack took place on the eve of the Islamic celebration of Eid Al-Adha, marking the end of the Hajj pilgrimage, stoking fears among Norway’s Muslims.

In Norwegian media, neighbors and acquaintances have meanwhile described the suspect as a previously happy and well-adjusted person whose behavior had changed during the past year.

According to public broadcaster NRK, he reportedly became “very religious” and adopted increasingly extreme rightwing views.

In July 2011, rightwing extremist Anders Behring Breivik, who said he feared a “Muslim invasion,” killed 77 people in a truck bomb blast near the government offices in Oslo and a shooting spree at a Labour Party youth camp on the island of Utoya.


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