Norway: Trial of Islamist Shooter at LGBT Festival Gets Underway
13th March 2024
The trial of a Muslim immigrant accused of killing two and seriously injuring nine at a 2022 LGBT festival in Norway started on Tuesday in Oslo. According to prosecutors, Zaniar Matapour, a 44-year-old Iranian immigrant of Kurdish background, fired ten rounds with what police described as an automatic weapon and eight rounds with a handgun into crowds. If found guilty, he is facing 30 years in prison.
Matapour has consistently refused to cooperate with investigators and did not agree to have interviews taped unless recordings of his interviews were released in their entirety to the public “with no time delay so it won’t be censored or manipulated.”
The trial opened with Matapour refusing to identify himself to the judge, instead interrupting by questioning why the trial was scheduled during Ramadan and was actively held on Fridays—the Muslim holy day—while taking a break “during Saturday and Sunday which are Christian and Jewish holy days, and for example Easter.”
March 13th, 2024 at 11:11
I’m kinda torn 50/50 on this one.
March 13th, 2024 at 15:36
Well, he chose to move there.