I noticed this story yesterday, but waited for the rest of the information.
So, an attack took place in Oslo, Norway....around 1 AM Saturday morning.
This weekend was supposed to be a number of gay-pride events.
From the police description....the shooting started at a gay bar. 'Allah Akbar' was uttered a couple of times as the shooting started. The guy moved onto a second bar, and ending after the third bar attack. Cops say two are dead.....ten are in pretty serious condition, and eleven are slightly hurt.
Cops did get there fairly quick (the summary suggests within 5 minutes).
The guy? Well....Iranian immigrant into Norway....Zaniar Matapour. Forty-two years old.
Charges? Murder, attempted murder, and acts of terrorism.
So here's the rest of this story. Matapour has a fairly long list of criminal accomplishments (mostly drug and some assaults). Based on the way things are said on social media in Norway.....the system continually let him out.
I noticed one comment made by his mother....in that Matapour has suffered his entire life from paranoid schizophrenia. If true.....he'll never be convicted on anything, and just go to a permanent spot in some mental facility.
One amusing thing was talked about late yesterday....as the police were trying to talk/interrogate Matapour.....he didn't want the conversations taped. He said the tapes could be switched....so he wanted everything 'written' down. Yeah, it makes no sense, but to a schizophrenic....it makes perfect sense.
On the terror list? Well, Norway says since 2015....the guy has been listed but has never done anything that warranted serious action.
What'll happen now? Matapour probably will be declared mentally deranged and pushed off into a highly controlled facility. Some gay folks will be extremely bitter for months to come over how this unfolded. And I would suggest some review would occur with the police over people who have criminal records, and how many of them might be schizophrenic (probably 300 of them to be declared).
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