August 11, 2019
By Lefteris Karagiannopoulos
Sandvika (Norway) - An attack by a gunman (click here) at a Norwegian mosque on Saturday will be investigated as a possible act of terrorism, police said on Sunday.
The suspected shooter at the al-Noor Islamic Centre near the Norwegian capital - a young, white male carrying several guns - had expressed far-right, anti-immigrant views online, assistant chief of police Rune Skjold told a news conference.
How did Trump's hate dialogue about immigrants find it's way to Norway?
"We're investigating this as an attempt at carrying out an act of terrorism," he said.
The suspect had been apprehended after the attack, in which shots were fired but no one was hit, with one of the people inside the mosque having overpowered him before police arrived.
"These people showed great courage," Skjold added....
...The attacker, who has not been named, was also suspected of killing one of his own family members, a young woman who was found dead at his home, police said earlier...
His family probably tried to stop him.
