2 dead, 14 injured in mass shooting at gay club in Norway

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2 dead, 14 injured in mass shooting at gay club in Norway

A suspect believed to be the lone shooter was placed under arrest shortly following the shooting massacre in Oslo, Norway.

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2 dead, 14 injured in mass shooting at gay club in Norway​

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Alec Gearty


June 25, 2022 12:13am
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2 dead, 14 injured in mass shooting at gay club in Norway





A shooting at a gay nightclub in Oslo killed two people and injured 14 Saturday, hours before the Norwegian capital was set to host its annual Pride parade.
A suspect believed to be the lone shooter was placed under arrest shortly following the shooting massacre, which was centered around The London Pub and spread to a neighboring establishment and nearby street.
“I saw a man arrive with a bag, he picked up a gun and started to shoot,” journalist Olav Roenneberg of public broadcaster NRK reported.
The alleged gunman, whose name was not released as of early Saturday morning, is a 42-year-old Norwegian citizen of Iranian descent, according to officials.
Oslo police are investigating the mass shooting as an act of terrorism.

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Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre said the shooting was a “cruel and deeply shocking attack on innocent people.”
Police spokesman Tore Barstad said the motive was not immediately known and that it wasn’t clear whether the shooting had any connection to the Pride parade that was scheduled to be held Saturday.
Norwegian police secure the area after a gunman fatally shot two people and injured 14 others in Oslo on June 25, 2022.NTB/AFP via Getty Images Norway police said it was not immediately known if the shooting at the club was connected to the Pride parade which was set to be held hours later on Saturday. NTB/AFP via Getty Images Police secure the area after a gunman fatally shot two people and injured 14 others in Oslo on June 25, 2022via REUTERS
Officials were in contact with the organizers of the Pride event for a “continuous assessment” before advising a shutdown of Saturday’s festivities, according to Barstad.
“Oslo Pride has received clear advice and a recommendation from the police that the parade, Pride Park, and any other event in relation to Oslo Pride be canceled,” organizers said on Facebook. “Oslo Pride, therefore, implores anyone who had planned to participate in or watch the parade, not to show up.”
“We will follow the police’s recommendation and take care of each other. We are sending warm thoughts and love to next of kin, those who were wounded, and others affected.”
People embrace following a shooting at the London Pub, a popular gay bar and nightclub, in Oslo, Norway on June 25, 2022. via REUTERS Flowers are left at the scene of the shooting in Oslo on June 25, 2022. AP Police identified the alleged gunman as a Norwegian citizen, according to reports. AP
Several of the wounded victims were being treated for severe injuries, officials said.
The London Pub, which opened in 1979, is a popular gay nightclub and bar in central Oslo. No employees were injured in the shooting.
“Tonight’s shooting is absolutely horrific and pure evil,” the club announced on Facebook. Our thoughts go to the dead, injured and relatives. All employees in London are safe and physically unharmed. Take care of each other during this time.”

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Oslo, Norway residents go to Pride parade after gunman kills at gay bar

Thousands showed up to mark Oslo’s Pride parade Saturday even after it had been officially canceled.

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Oslo, Norway residents go to Pride parade after gunman kills at gay bar​

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2 dead, 14 injured in mass shooting at gay club in Norway

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Thousands showed up to mark Oslo’s Pride parade Saturday even after it had been officially canceled following a gunman killing two and wounding 21 at a gay club in the city hours earlier.
“This is for many a silent parade, but for others it’s a protest against two people being shot and killed on Saturday,” Ole Johannes M. Foss told Aftenposten. “It’s very powerful to be here. We see people crying next to us. We are here in pure solidarity with the whole movement. I am very shocked that something like this can happen in Norway in 2022.”
Frightened clubgoers at the London Pub hid in a basement and frantically called their relatives early Saturday as a gunman opened fire upstairs on the eve of he city’s annual Pride parade.
The unidentified gunman, described as a Norwegian citizen of Iranian descent, shot people inside and outside the pub, a mainstay of Oslo’s LGBTQ scene, as well as in the surrounding streets and at another bar. Cops said he acted alone.
Flowers are left as a spontaneous Pride parade arrives at the scene of the shooting in central Oslo.AP Flowers and rainbow flags are left along the street near the restaurant where the shooting took place.Getty Images
The suspect was known to domestic intelligence services and had a rap sheet for infractions like knife and drug possession, police said at a press conference Saturday. He was arrested minutes after opening fire, police said. Two weapons, including a fully automatic gun, were retrieved from the crime scene, they added.

“We’re coming back to London! The fight continues!” a participant at Saturday’s celebration told Aftenposten.


Bili Blum-Jansen, who was in the London Pub, told a local TV outlet that he ran to the basement to escape the gunfire and hid there along with 80 to 100 other people.”Many called their partners and family, it felt almost as if they were saying goodbye. Others helped calm down those who were extremely terrified,” Blum-Jansen told TV2.

Revelers attend the spontaneous Pride parade.Getty Images Police officers stand on patrol in central Oslo, near the scene of the shooting.Getty Images
“I had a bit of panic and thought that if the shooter or shooters were to arrive, we’d all be dead. There was no way out.”


“Tonight’s shooting is absolutely horrific and pure evil,” the club announced on Facebook. Our thoughts go to the dead, injured and relatives. All employees in London are safe and physically unharmed. Take care of each other during this time.”


Police spokesman Tore Barstad said the motive was not immediately known and that it wasn’t clear whether the shooting had any connection to the Pride parade.

The shooting was described as “horrific and pure evil.”EPA