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Monday 12 august 2019

Norway: Alleged mosque gunman suspect in stepsister's death

Associated Press since the "investigation has caused fear among the
MOSCOW (AP) — A shoot- given us a better overall public, Skjold said. "And
ing at a mosque in Norway understanding of the at- based on the views he's
is being investigated as tack" at the mosque. expressed online, it means
an attempted terrorist at- "The fact that the aggressor we can safely say we are
tack and the alleged gun- entered a mosque armed investigating an attempted
man also is a suspect in his and from the investigation act of terrorism."
younger stepsister's slaying, so far has been found to Police said the suspect re-
police in the Norwegian have expressed hostile at- fused to answer questions
capital said Sunday. titudes against immigrants and investigators plan to in-
A man in his 20s was tak- has led the police to inves- terview neighbors for infor-
en into custody after the tigate this attack as an at- mation about his stepsister
shooting inside the Al-Noor tempted act of terrorism," and her death.
Islamic Center that wound- the police department said Skjold said the alleged
ed one person, Oslo po- Police attend the scene after a shooting inside the al-Noor Is- in a statement. gunman was prepared to
lice said. Investigators so lamic center mosque in Baerum outside Oslo. Oslo Deputy Police Inspec- cause deaths and more in-
far think no one else was Associated Press tor Rune Skjold said during juries at the Al-Noor Islamic
involved in Saturday's vio- a news conference Sun- Center and didn't succeed
lence at the mosque, lo- day evening. The alleged the number of shots and day that mosque shooting because of the "great
cated in the Oslo suburb of mosque gunman was be- the type of weapons are was being treated as an courage" of people inside
Baerum. ing investigated in her not yet established." attempted terror attack the mosque.
When officers went to the death, police said. The department said it was in part because the inves- "There is no doubt that the
shooting suspect's resi- The Oslo Police depart- working with the Norwe- tigation uncovered evi- swift and firm response
dence, they found the ment said forensic work at gian Police Security Ser- dence of the man's "right- from the persons inside the
body of his 17-year-old the mosque "confirms that vice, Norway's national wing extremist views" and mosque stopped the ag-
stepsister, police said Sun- several shots were fired, but domestic security agency, alleged animosity toward gressor and prevented fur-
immigrants. ther consequences," Skjold
"Because of that, in rela- said. "Trying to neutralize
tion to what he's done, it's an armed person is always
clear that what he did has dangerous."q

Tourists evacuated from

Greek island camp as

wildfire rages

By DEMETRIS NELLAS Elafonisos, a 19 square ki-
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A lometer (7 square mile)
tourist camp and nearby island known for its sandy
houses on the southern beaches, has a popula-
Greek island of Elafonisos tion of about 350 but draws
were evacuated Sunday over 3,000 visitors daily dur-
for the second day in a row ing the summer.
as a wildfire at a nearby Several thousand tourists
landfill intensified because left the island on sched-
of strong winds. uled ferries Sunday, a day
Authorities had pro- after authorities cleared a
nounced the fire "under campground for "precau-
control" Saturday night tionary reasons."
but said the flames picked Some of those trying to
back up when the wind leave the island described
did. the evacuation as disor-
Greece's Fire Service said ganized, telling The Asso-
121 firefighters, six airplanes ciated Press they hadn't
and five helicopters bat- received an official warn-
tled the fire before it was ing but decided to leave
brought back under con- out of concern for their
trol Sunday night. safety.q