Norway Shooting Suspect

The suspect whom police have arrested following deadly shootings in Oslo overnight is a Norwegian of Iranian descent, police said on Saturday.

The shooting at a mosque near Oslo is being treated as an "attempted act of terror", Norwegian police said Sunday, with the suspect appearing to harbour far-right, anti-immigrant views.

A gunman armed with multiple weapons went on a shooting spree in a mosque in a suburb of the Norwegian capital Oslo on Saturday, injuring one worshipper before being arrested, police and witnesses said.

The defence lawyer for Anders Behring Breivik said on Tuesday that his client's case suggests he is insane, adding that someone has to take the job of defending him but that he will not take instructions from his client.

The father of the young man suspected of single-handedly killing 93 people in Norway's worst post-war tragedy told a newspaper he was in a state of shock."I was reading the news on the Internet and suddenly I saw his name and picture," Anders Behring Breivik's retired father told Norway's Verdens Gang paper."I am in a state of shock, it's absolutel...

The man blamed for attacks on Norway's government headquarters and a youth retreat that left at least 93 dead said he was motivated by a desire to bring about a revolution in Norwegian society, his lawyer said Sunday.A manifesto published online - which police are poring over and said was posted the day of the attack - ranted against Muslim immigra...

The 32-year-old man suspected in bomb and shooting attacks that killed at least 91 people in Norway bought six tonnes of fertilizer before the massacres, the supplier said Saturday as police investigated witness accounts of a second shooter. (Read: 84 killed in youth camp shooting, 7 die in blast in Norway)Norway's prime minister and royal family v...

The man in the police uniform shouted for the campers to come closer. When they did, he killed them.

A homegrown terrorist set off a deadly explosion in downtown Oslo before heading to a summer camp dressed as a police officer to commit one of the deadliest shooting sprees in history, killing at least 80 people as terrified youths ran and even swam for their lives, police said on Friday.

The suspect whom police have arrested following deadly shootings in Oslo overnight is a Norwegian of Iranian descent, police said on Saturday.

The shooting at a mosque near Oslo is being treated as an "attempted act of terror", Norwegian police said Sunday, with the suspect appearing to harbour far-right, anti-immigrant views.

A gunman armed with multiple weapons went on a shooting spree in a mosque in a suburb of the Norwegian capital Oslo on Saturday, injuring one worshipper before being arrested, police and witnesses said.

The defence lawyer for Anders Behring Breivik said on Tuesday that his client's case suggests he is insane, adding that someone has to take the job of defending him but that he will not take instructions from his client.

The father of the young man suspected of single-handedly killing 93 people in Norway's worst post-war tragedy told a newspaper he was in a state of shock."I was reading the news on the Internet and suddenly I saw his name and picture," Anders Behring Breivik's retired father told Norway's Verdens Gang paper."I am in a state of shock, it's absolutel...

The man blamed for attacks on Norway's government headquarters and a youth retreat that left at least 93 dead said he was motivated by a desire to bring about a revolution in Norwegian society, his lawyer said Sunday.A manifesto published online - which police are poring over and said was posted the day of the attack - ranted against Muslim immigra...

The 32-year-old man suspected in bomb and shooting attacks that killed at least 91 people in Norway bought six tonnes of fertilizer before the massacres, the supplier said Saturday as police investigated witness accounts of a second shooter. (Read: 84 killed in youth camp shooting, 7 die in blast in Norway)Norway's prime minister and royal family v...

The man in the police uniform shouted for the campers to come closer. When they did, he killed them.

A homegrown terrorist set off a deadly explosion in downtown Oslo before heading to a summer camp dressed as a police officer to commit one of the deadliest shooting sprees in history, killing at least 80 people as terrified youths ran and even swam for their lives, police said on Friday.