One wonders how Norwegian Zaniar Matapour really considered himself to be, in light of the fact that he “had sworn allegiance to the Islamic State group and ‘has been radicalized for several years.'” In classic Islamic theology, loyalty to the umma transcends nationality and all other allegiances. But as far as AP and other leftist propaganda outlets are concerned, anything in a garage is an automobile.
“Iranian-born Norwegian man found guilty in 2022 Oslo LGBT+ festival attack, sentenced to 30 years,” by Jan M. Olsen, Associated Press, July 4, 2024:
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — An Iranian-born Norwegian man was found guilty of terrorism on Thursday in a 2022 attack on an LGBTQ+ festival in Oslo and sentenced to 30 years in prison.
Two people were killed and nine were seriously wounded in the shooting at three locations, chiefly outside the London Pub, a popular gay bar, on June 25, 2022.
The Oslo District Court said Zaniar shot 10 rounds with a machine gun and eight shots with a handgun into the crowd. It said Matapour had sworn allegiance to the Islamic State group and “has been radicalized for several years.”…
Six days before the attack, Norway’s external intelligence agency, E-Tjenesten, learned from an undercover agent that a possible action was expected in a Nordic country and the information was passed to the domestic security service….
During the trial, both the prosecution and the defense agreed that Matapour fired into the crowd and there was no disagreement that the shooting was terror motivated. However, Dietrichson had sought acquittal, saying his client had been provoked to carry out the attack by an E-Tjenesten agent who was pretending to be a high-ranking member of the Islamic State group.
The court said that “it is clear that the actions of the E-Tjenesten did not involve any illegal provocation” and “did not provoke an act of terrorism that would not otherwise have been committed.”…
bagsgroove says
I hope the guy enjoys bending over to pick up the soap in the prison shower !
Mike says
In prison, he would be a commodity, like a few cigarettes, some chocolate or candy, or a dose of narcotics.
Cato the Elder says
Save yourselves 30 years of hots & cots, there’s a much easier way to deal with vermin.
If you don’t snap out of it soon, you can all sit back and watch Norway slip under the waves.
Keith O says
I can think of numerous ways to solve the problem and all should be televised on national TV.
Rufolino says
“A Norwegian man” ?? How absurd can we get !
Scotsman48 says
He may well enjoy getting what he really wants while in Prison as scum like this guy are just closeted homosexuals that deny their own feelings.
OLD GUY says
An Iranian man convicted in Denmark is the correct statement. But I suppose in todays woke world you can’t tell the truth. I wonder if the prison is a country club or an actual prison without benefits.
PRCS says
To push it a bit further, an Iranian Muslim convicted in Denmark….