Police in Norway have determined to arm on-duty officers following threats made in opposition to the Muslim neighborhood, native media reported Monday.
The resolution by the director common of police applies to officers all through the nation and got here into impact on Saturday, stated an announcement launched over the weekend.
Threats have been made in opposition to mosques within the Nordic nation, police spokesman Roar Hansen was quoted as saying by native media.
The transfer comes forward of Eid al-Fitr celebrations this week marking the tip of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan.
Norwegian police don’t usually carry arms, however as a result of threats, the police director common “has decided to arm police on a national level from today,” the assertion stated.
In August 2019, 21-year-old Philip Manshaus opened hearth on the Al Noor Islamic heart in Baerum, a suburb of Oslo.
He wounded one particular person and was then restrained by Muslim worshippers.
Prior to the assault, he killed his adopted stepsister at their house and posted messages on-line praising the Christchurch mosque shooter, the Poway synagogue shooter and the El Paso shooter, who focused Latinos.
Manshaus was sentenced to 21 years in jail in June 2020.
A complete of 51 Muslims have been killed and 40 have been injured at Masjid al-Noor and the Linwood Islamic Centre in Christchurch, New Zealand throughout Friday prayers on March 15, 2019 in a terrorist assault dedicated by Australian white supremacist Brenton Tarrant.
Norwegian Anders Behring Breivik, a neo-Nazi who on July 22, 2011 killed 77 folks in a bombing and taking pictures rampage, is broadly known as a fanatic who was pushed by a hatred of Islam and Muslims.
In a 1,500-page doc, Breivik devoted 700 pages to attacking the Muslim faith.
Source: www.anews.com.tr