https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Norway in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed A Moroccan anti-terrorist court on Wednesday confirmed death sentences handed down against three men convicted of beheading two Scandinavian tourists last December, and sentenced a fourth man to be executed. https://www.thelocal.no/20191031/morocco-death-penalties-confirmed-for-killers-of-scandinavian-hikers Thu, 31 Oct 2019 11:27:20 +0100 morocco-death-penalties-confirmed-for-killers-of-scandinavian-hikers An appeal opens Wednesday in the case of 24 men convicted over the beheadings of two young Scandinavian women on a hiking trip in Morocco's High Atlas mountains last December. https://www.thelocal.no/20190828/convicts-appeal-in-morocco-case-of-murdered-danish-norwegian-hikers Wed, 28 Aug 2019 12:26:24 +0200 convicts-appeal-in-morocco-case-of-murdered-danish-norwegian-hikers A Moroccan court on Thursday sentenced three suspected jihadists to death for the murders of two Scandinavian women beheaded while on a hiking trip in Morocco. https://www.thelocal.no/20190718/denmark-norway-morocco-court-condemns-three-to-death-for-killing-scandinavian-hikers Thu, 18 Jul 2019 19:05:41 +0200 denmark-norway-morocco-court-condemns-three-to-death-for-killing-scandinavian-hikers Moroccan prosecutors on Thursday called for the death penalty for the three main jihadist suspects on trial for the brutal murder of two young Scandinavian hikers. https://www.thelocal.no/20190628/morocco-seeks-death-penalty-for-suspects-accused-of-murdering-scandinavian-hikers Fri, 28 Jun 2019 11:56:57 +0200 morocco-seeks-death-penalty-for-suspects-accused-of-murdering-scandinavian-hikers The alleged leader of a group of jihadists admitted killing one of two Scandinavian hikers in Morocco, and accused his co-defendant of killing the other. https://www.thelocal.no/20190530/trial-for-murder-of-scandinavian-hikers-restarts-in-morocco Thu, 30 May 2019 18:33:59 +0200 trial-for-murder-of-scandinavian-hikers-restarts-in-morocco Two dozen suspects are set to go on trial in Morocco Thursday for offences linked to the appalling murder of two young Scandinavian hikers late last year. https://www.thelocal.no/20190430/trial-for-murder-of-scandinavian-hikers-to-open-in-morocco Tue, 30 Apr 2019 11:21:42 +0200 trial-for-murder-of-scandinavian-hikers-to-open-in-morocco Four suspected jihadist sympathisers will face trial on May 2nd for the murder of two Scandinavian women in Morocco, a defence lawyer said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.no/20190423/suspects-to-face-trial-for-terrorist-murders-of-scandinavian-hikers Tue, 23 Apr 2019 18:49:26 +0200 suspects-to-face-trial-for-terrorist-murders-of-scandinavian-hikers A Moroccan court has sentenced a Swiss citizen arrested in connection with the murder of two Scandinavian hikers to 10 years in prison on terrorism charges, his lawyer said Friday. https://www.thelocal.no/20190413/swiss-man-connected-to-murders-of-scandinavian-hikers-given-terrorism-sentence-in-morocco Sat, 13 Apr 2019 13:38:56 +0200 swiss-man-connected-to-murders-of-scandinavian-hikers-given-terrorism-sentence-in-morocco A Spanish-Swiss man accused of having ties to the alleged killers of two Scandinavian hikers in Morocco told an anti-terror judge he was innocent at a hearing Monday, his lawyer said. https://www.thelocal.no/20190205/spanish-swiss-suspect-pleads-innocence-in-morocco-killings-of-scandinavian-hikers Tue, 05 Feb 2019 13:35:47 +0100 spanish-swiss-suspect-pleads-innocence-in-morocco-killings-of-scandinavian-hikers A dual Swiss-Spanish national arrested in connection with the murder of two Danish and Norwegian hikers in Morocco’s Atlas Mountains in December was receiving Swiss disability benefits for psychiatric problems, a Spanish newspaper reported on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.no/20190109/swiss-suspect-in-morocco-tourist-murders-had-psychiatric-problems-report Wed, 09 Jan 2019 10:02:38 +0100 swiss-suspect-in-morocco-tourist-murders-had-psychiatric-problems-report Hundreds of people observed two minutes of silence on Monday in Norway in honour of two Scandinavian women hikers murdered in Morocco's Atlas Mountains in December. https://www.thelocal.no/20190107/two-minutes-silence-in-norway-for-scandinavian-hikers-murdered-in-morocco Mon, 07 Jan 2019 17:43:40 +0100 two-minutes-silence-in-norway-for-scandinavian-hikers-murdered-in-morocco A Swiss man living in Morocco was arrested in Marrakesh on Saturday, for alleged links to suspects in the recent murder of two female Scandinavian hikers, authorities said. https://www.thelocal.no/20181229/morocco-arrests-swiss-man-over-links-to-hiker-murder-suspects Sat, 29 Dec 2018 21:19:57 +0100 morocco-arrests-swiss-man-over-links-to-hiker-murder-suspects Moroccan authorities said Thursday four suspects arrested following the murder of two young Scandinavian hikers in southern Morocco had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State (Isis). https://www.thelocal.no/20181221/morocco-says-suspects-in-murder-of-danish-norwegian-hikers-pledged-allegiance-to-isis Fri, 21 Dec 2018 10:18:33 +0100 morocco-says-suspects-in-murder-of-danish-norwegian-hikers-pledged-allegiance-to-isis Danish security services are analysing a video thought to show the murder of one of two women hikers killed in Morocco by suspected extremists, authorities said Thursday. https://www.thelocal.no/20181220/denmark-analysing-suspected-video-of-morocco-murder-authorities Thu, 20 Dec 2018 16:57:18 +0100 denmark-analysing-suspected-video-of-morocco-murder-authorities Moroccan authorities have arrested three fugitive suspects in the brutal murders of two Scandinavian hikers following an intensive manhunt, a source close to the investigation said on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.no/20181220/morocco-arrests-three-suspects-in-islamist-linked-murder-of-danish-norwegian-hikers-source Thu, 20 Dec 2018 11:29:36 +0100 morocco-arrests-three-suspects-in-islamist-linked-murder-of-danish-norwegian-hikers-source Moroccan authorities on Tuesday arrested a suspect following the murder of two Scandinavian tourists in the High Atlas mountains, the interior ministry said. https://www.thelocal.no/20181218/morocco-arrests-suspect-after-brutal-murder-of-danish-norwegian-women Tue, 18 Dec 2018 13:16:42 +0100 morocco-arrests-suspect-after-brutal-murder-of-danish-norwegian-women