Oslo - The investigation had shown that the man appeared to hold "far-right" and "anti-immigrant" views.
Published: Sun 11 Aug 2019, 2:39 PM
Updated: Mon 12 Aug 2019, 1:19 AM
The shooting at a mosque near Oslo is being treated as an "attempted act of terror", Norwegian police said on Sunday, with the suspect appearing to harbour far-right, anti-immigrant views.
"We are looking at an attempted act of terror," acting chief of the police operation Rune Skjold told a press conference after Saturday's incident left one man injured.
Skjold said the investigation had shown that the man appeared to hold "far-right" and "anti-immigrant" views.
The suspect, armed with multiple weapons, opened fire in the mosque in Baerum, a suburb of Oslo, on Saturday afternoon, before being overpowered by a man who suffered "minor injuries" in the process.
Hours after the attack, the body of a young woman related to the suspect was found in a home also in Baerum.
Police said earlier Sunday they had tried to question the suspect, described as a "young man" with a "Norwegian background" who was living in the vicinity but he did not want to "give an explanation to police".
On Saturday, Norwegian media reported that the suspect was believed to have put up a post to an online forum hours before the attack where he seemingly praised the assailant in the attacks on two mosques in New Zealand in March, when 51 people where killed.
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