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 Norway's domestic intelligence service apologised Thursday after a report concluded it could have prevented a shooting on the sidelines of Oslo's Pride festival last year that left two dead. https://www.thelocal.no/20230608/norway-intelligence-agency-apologises-over-oslo-pride-shooting Thu, 08 Jun 2023 18:16:33 +0200 norway-intelligence-agency-apologises-over-oslo-pride-shooting Had information of a potential attack been followed up by intelligence services, a shooting that left two people dead in Oslo last June could have been prevented, a report in the incident has found. https://www.thelocal.no/20230608/report-finds-oslo-shooting-could-have-been-avoided Thu, 08 Jun 2023 15:44:53 +0200 report-finds-oslo-shooting-could-have-been-avoided A 22-year-old Norwegian man accused of killing his step-sister before opening fire in a mosque near Oslo in August was charged with murder and terrorism on Monday, prosecutors said. https://www.thelocal.no/20200217/norway-mosque-shooter-charged-with-murder-terrorism Mon, 17 Feb 2020 17:12:15 +0100 norway-mosque-shooter-charged-with-murder-terrorism A Norwegian man suspected of killing his stepsister and opening fire in a mosque near Oslo in August has appeared in court. https://www.thelocal.no/20191105/norway-mosque-shooter-appears-at-court-hearing Tue, 05 Nov 2019 11:40:16 +0100 norway-mosque-shooter-appears-at-court-hearing A Norwegian man suspected of killing his step sister and opening fire in a mosque near Oslo last weekend, has admitted to the crimes though he has not officially entered a plea, police said on Friday. https://www.thelocal.no/20190817/norway-mosque-shooter-has-admitted-to-crimes-police Sat, 17 Aug 2019 11:46:17 +0200 norway-mosque-shooter-has-admitted-to-crimes-police Police in Sweden have released a video recorded by the electronic sights of the hunter who shot a 75-year-old jogger last November. https://www.thelocal.no/20190322/norwegian-hunter-faces-trial-for-shooting-75-year-old-jogger-in-southern-sweden Fri, 22 Mar 2019 15:41:28 +0100 norwegian-hunter-faces-trial-for-shooting-75-year-old-jogger-in-southern-sweden Several shots were fired at a bar near the Youngstorget square in Oslo in the early hours of Monday. No injuries have been reported. https://www.thelocal.no/20180205/police-search-for-gunman-after-shots-fired-at-bar-in-oslo Mon, 05 Feb 2018 14:21:44 +0100 police-search-for-gunman-after-shots-fired-at-bar-in-oslo A fourth person was arrested on Friday in connection with two separate shooting episodes in Oslo over the past week. https://www.thelocal.no/20170728/four-arrested-over-oslo-shooting-incidents Fri, 28 Jul 2017 18:41:31 +0200 four-arrested-over-oslo-shooting-incidents A 24-year-old man has been arrested after four people were shot at the Blå nightclub in Oslo in the early hours of Sunday. https://www.thelocal.no/20170710/oslo-doormen-shot-by-guest-they-threw-out-of-nightclub Mon, 10 Jul 2017 13:56:59 +0200 oslo-doormen-shot-by-guest-they-threw-out-of-nightclub A 36-year-old man was shot by police in the city of Bergen Tuesday morning after he threatened officers with a weapon. https://www.thelocal.no/20170606/norwegian-police-shoot-man-in-bergen Tue, 06 Jun 2017 16:24:22 +0200 norwegian-police-shoot-man-in-bergen A man in his twenties is in critical condition after a mysterious shooting in Oslo. A second man has been arrested for withholding information, according to police. https://www.thelocal.no/20170323/man-shot-at-unknown-location-in-oslo Thu, 23 Mar 2017 10:09:03 +0100 man-shot-at-unknown-location-in-oslo Norwegian police shot and killed a 35-year-old man in Kristiansand early on Sunday morning, an incredibly rare incident in a nation where fatal police shootings are nearly non-existent. https://www.thelocal.no/20161128/norwegian-police-involved-in-just-fourth-fatal-shooting-in-14-years Mon, 28 Nov 2016 15:08:10 +0100 norwegian-police-involved-in-just-fourth-fatal-shooting-in-14-years A seventh-grade student and the boy's mother were shot and killed in Kirkenes in the early hours of Monday, a local school official has confirmed. https://www.thelocal.no/20160829/two-dead-and-one-injured-in-arctic-norway-shooting Mon, 29 Aug 2016 10:48:04 +0200 two-dead-and-one-injured-in-arctic-norway-shooting The Bergen man who precipitated Monday’s rare police shooting fired on officers with a starter police, Bergensavisen reported. https://www.thelocal.no/20160721/man-who-fired-on-norway-police-used-starters-pistol Thu, 21 Jul 2016 12:38:46 +0200 man-who-fired-on-norway-police-used-starters-pistol Hordaland police fired two shots at a man who had barricaded himself inside his apartment, Bergens Tidende reported. https://www.thelocal.no/20160719/norway-police-rare-shooting-hordaland Tue, 19 Jul 2016 12:29:58 +0200 norway-police-rare-shooting-hordaland Head teachers from schools in the city of Stavanger are to receive training serious incidents such as mass shootings in schools. https://www.thelocal.no/20160711/norwegian-headteachers-to-be-given-school-shooting-response-training Mon, 11 Jul 2016 14:29:52 +0200 norwegian-headteachers-to-be-given-school-shooting-response-training Seven people have been charged for causing serious bodily injury after a man was shot in the leg in the Oslo neighbourhood of Galgeberg on Tuesday evening. https://www.thelocal.no/20160217/seven-arrested-after-oslo-pub-shooting Wed, 17 Feb 2016 10:44:58 +0100 seven-arrested-after-oslo-pub-shooting The Norwegian Directorate for Civil Protection has pointed to two new risks for Norway: school shootings and food-borne infections. https://www.thelocal.no/20160201/norway-prepares-for-possible-school-shooting Mon, 01 Feb 2016 15:45:05 +0100 norway-prepares-for-possible-school-shooting A group of hunters in far northern Norway shot dead two elk only to realise seconds later that they had been shooting through the fence into a zoo. https://www.thelocal.no/20151015/hunters-shoot-elk-in-zoo Thu, 15 Oct 2015 23:35:20 +0200 hunters-shoot-elk-in-zoo Norwegian police said officers shot and injured a woman on Friday who was about to stab a child in Oslo. https://www.thelocal.no/20150921/norway-police-injure-woman-in-rare-shooting Mon, 21 Sep 2015 13:30:47 +0200 norway-police-injure-woman-in-rare-shooting