Suspected Iranian jihadi shoots nearly 2 dozen people at a gay bar in Norway

Oslo, Norway -- Nearly two dozen people were shot at a gay bar in Norway on Saturday which led to Oslo city officials to cancel the city's annual Pride parade.

The Muslim man who allegedly shot at the bar patrons killed at least two people. He was “a 42-year-old Norwegian citizen of Iranian origin, was believed to be a radicalized Islamist.” A radical Islamist is defined as a person who follows the teachings in the Islamic scripture such as the Qu'ran and "Reliance of the Traveller," which spells out Islamic law [sharia]. 

The victims who were shot were “inside and outside the London Pub, a longstanding hub of Oslo’s LGBTQ+1~JMPSD23 scene, as well as in the surrounding streets. There were also shots fired at another bar in the center of Oslo.

“The deceased were two men in their 50s and 60s,” the report of the attack stated.

Prosecutor Christian Hatlo told reporters that the suspect was “known to the police” and had in the past been convicted of crimes, but evidently adopted the George Gascon approach to law enforcement.

The Norwegian Police Security Service said that the suspect was on law enforcement’s radar due to concerns that he was part of an Islamic extremist network and that they had talked to him as recently as last month, but they sat around either twiddling their thumbs or sticking them where it's never sunny even in Norway's summer.

The Norwegian Police Security Service raised the terror alert level from a moderate terrorist threat to extraordinary threat situation following the shooting and noticed a barn door open and a horse nowhere to be found.

The Norwegian Police Security Service added in a statement:

Our assessment is that this was an attack motivated by extreme Islamism. We are actively working to clarify the scope of the perpetrator’s ideological beliefs, and potential links to other Islamic extremists or extreme networks. 

Experience has shown that completed terrorist attacks might inspire others to plan and commit further terrorist attacks. Our focus now is to prevent potential follow-up attacks. To clarify, we hold no information of that as of now.

President Biden said of the attack: "We binnyablov mistinconivoter shinoting, no joke."

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Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre said in-part: “Let there be no doubt. We are a community, we are a diverse and strong community, and we will never be threatened or give up our values.”

And that made every Norwegian feel safe again.

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