Oslo 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.

4 men were shot and injured at a nightclub in Oslo around midnight on Sunday, police said in a press release, adding that one suspect has been arrested.

Norwegian car carrier Hoegh St. Petersburg has reached the area in the southern Indian Ocean off Australia where two floating objects, suspected to be debris from the missing Malaysian jetliner, were spotted, the ship's owner said on Thursday.

The anti-Muslim extremist who confessed to a bombing and youth camp massacre that killed 77 people in Norway has told investigators he also considered attacking other targets linked to the government or the prime minister's Labor Party, police said Saturday.During a 10-hour questioning session on Friday, Anders Behring Breivik asked interrogators h...

The self-described perpetrator of one of the worst modern mass murders in peacetime calmly said in court Monday that that he expects to spend the rest of his life in prison for bombing Norway's capital and opening fire on a political youth group retreat, officials said.Anders Behring Breivik told the court as he entered a not guilty plea that he wa...

A judge denied Anders Behring Breivik the public stage he wanted to air his anti-Muslim rants and call for revolution on Monday, ruling that the first hearing for the man who has confessed to Norway's twin terror attacks be held behind closed doors.Breivik had prepared a speech for his day in court even before launching the attacks that left 93 peo...

An Oslo district court judge decided Monday to hold the arraignment for the suspect in the twin attacks in Norway behind closed doors.Judge Kim Heger made the decision on a request from police. The suspect, Anders Behring Breivik, had asked for an open hearing."Based on information in the case the court finds that today's detention hearing should b...

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 Norwegian man charged Saturday with a pair of attacks in Oslo that killed at least 92 people left behind a detailed manifesto outlining his preparations and calling for a Christian war to defend Europe against the threat of Muslim domination, according to Norwegian and American officials familiar with the investigation.

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.

4 men were shot and injured at a nightclub in Oslo around midnight on Sunday, police said in a press release, adding that one suspect has been arrested.

Norwegian car carrier Hoegh St. Petersburg has reached the area in the southern Indian Ocean off Australia where two floating objects, suspected to be debris from the missing Malaysian jetliner, were spotted, the ship's owner said on Thursday.

The anti-Muslim extremist who confessed to a bombing and youth camp massacre that killed 77 people in Norway has told investigators he also considered attacking other targets linked to the government or the prime minister's Labor Party, police said Saturday.During a 10-hour questioning session on Friday, Anders Behring Breivik asked interrogators h...

The self-described perpetrator of one of the worst modern mass murders in peacetime calmly said in court Monday that that he expects to spend the rest of his life in prison for bombing Norway's capital and opening fire on a political youth group retreat, officials said.Anders Behring Breivik told the court as he entered a not guilty plea that he wa...

A judge denied Anders Behring Breivik the public stage he wanted to air his anti-Muslim rants and call for revolution on Monday, ruling that the first hearing for the man who has confessed to Norway's twin terror attacks be held behind closed doors.Breivik had prepared a speech for his day in court even before launching the attacks that left 93 peo...

An Oslo district court judge decided Monday to hold the arraignment for the suspect in the twin attacks in Norway behind closed doors.Judge Kim Heger made the decision on a request from police. The suspect, Anders Behring Breivik, had asked for an open hearing."Based on information in the case the court finds that today's detention hearing should b...

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 Norwegian man charged Saturday with a pair of attacks in Oslo that killed at least 92 people left behind a detailed manifesto outlining his preparations and calling for a Christian war to defend Europe against the threat of Muslim domination, according to Norwegian and American officials familiar with the investigation.

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.