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Who is Zaniar Matapour?
The terror suspect accused of killing two people and injuring 21 more at an Oslo gay bar last night has been identified as a 42-year-old former plumber born in Iran.
Zaniar Matapour was born in Iranian Kurdistan before arriving in Bergen, Norway as a refugee at the age of 12.
He was charged this morning with two murders, attempted murder and terrorism after the homophobic terror attack on London’s LGBT+ Pub city center.
Investigation
The Norwegian Police Security Service (PST) investigated Matapour just a month ago but decided he was “not an imminent threat”, Norwegian national broadcaster VG reported.
The head of the PST, Roger Berg, told a press conference this afternoon: ‘In May, the PST conducted interviews with the [alleged] perpetrator in relation to the fact that he had shown an interest in statements perceived to be in violation of the Islam.
It was not considered in these conversations that the [alleged] perpetrator had any intention of violence.’
The security services have raised the terrorist threat from Level 3, described as ‘ordinary’. at level 5 of ‘extraordinary’.
The PST stated that the level 5 warning does not imply any special requirements among the population beyond additional ‘vigilance’ and ‘a low threshold for contacting the police’.
Videos shared on social media showed hundreds of Pride protesters gathering in Oslo, apparently spurred on by last night’s alleged hate crime.
Matapour, a high school dropout with a long history of mental health problems, was sentenced to 10 months in prison as a teenager after he was linked to a stabbing at a high school prom.
He was acquitted by the Court of Appeal, according to court documents reviewed by Norwegian outlet NettaVisen.
Charged
Matapour’s involvement in serious crimes did not end there, with the Oslo terrorist suspect charged with attempted murder and possession of a firearm in 2019.
He was released again after a court appeal.
The victims of the suspected Matapour attack last night have yet to be identified.
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Matapour’s first mental health diagnosis was made in the 1990s, and his listed conditions include paranoid schizophrenia, post-traumatic stress disorder and “delusions,” the website added.
His lawyer, high-profile Norwegian John Christian Elden, insisted that investigators take into account the suspect’s mental health conditions.
Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre said this afternoon: ‘I know many Muslims are scared and desperate. So it is our responsibility that no one other than the person behind the attack is responsible.
‘Let there be no doubt, we are a community, we are a diverse community.’
Attack
The other site hit during the attack around 1.15am today was next door’s Herr Nilsen Jazz Club, where revellers described being hit with flying shards of glass.
She said : ‘There was a woman who pulled me down and told me I had to play dead.’
The man then shot the table directly behind her. She escaped London Pub unharmed.
Police lawyer Christian Hatlo said: ‘Our overall assessment is that there are grounds to believe that he wanted to cause grave fear in the population.
Witness
The Oslo Police District confirmed last night: ‘Two people have been confirmed dead in the shooting episode. There are several seriously injured.
Norway’s national newspaper, VG, reported that “witnesses said people fled the scene in panic.”
Oslo University Hospital said it had gone on red alert after the shooting.
Olav Roenneberg, a journalist for the Norwegian public broadcaster NRK, said he witnessed the shooting.
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