Young boys have been shot at parties, at kebab restaurants and at the hairdresser’s. The leader of the justice committee fears Swedish conditions.
Published: 28/04/2024 22:54 | Updated: 28/04/2024 23:13
April 28: Shot at a restaurant
On the night of Sunday, shots were probably fired through the window of Beirut Kebab in Greenland. There were several customers in there. A man in his 20s was seriously injured and sent to hospital. The police believe there is more than one perpetrator, and that the man was not a random victim.
This causes the victim’s legal counsel, lawyer Bjørn Aksel Henriksen, to react.
– It is easy to draw the conclusion that this is a targeted attack. It is far too early to say, says Henriksen to Aftenposten.
22 April: 18-year-old shot at a kindergarten
On Monday 22 April, an 18-year-old boy was shot in the upper body at a kindergarten in Holmlia. The police are investigating it as attempted murder. He had to receive life-saving first aid.
15 April: Shot at the hairdresser
On Monday 15 April 2024, a teenage boy was shot inside a hairdressing salon in Bryn. He was seriously injured. Four young people were charged with attempted murder or complicity in attempted murder, but two of them were released. The police believe the attempted murder is a settlement and linked to a criminal youth environment.
March 23: To hospital after shooting at school
A man in his 40s was sent to hospital with serious injuries after shots were fired at Hersleb school in Tøyen on Saturday evening 23 March. A Norwegian citizen was arrested in Sweden after the shooting, charged with attempted murder. Another man was also imprisoned for two weeks. The police believe the case can be linked to a conflict and possibly drug crime.
27 February: Shots fired at an apartment
Two young men were charged and remanded in custody after shooting at an apartment on Løren in Oslo on 27 February. They were known to the police, who went out with several patrols and found bullet holes in the door. A person was seen running from the scene. No one was injured as a result of the shots.
30 January: Shots fired at a detached house
A shot was fired at a detached house on Røa on 30 January. The perpetrator is said to have hit the entrance with a shotgun. A 35-year-old was arrested in a stolen car outside Diakonhjemmet and charged. No one was injured.
17 December: Shooting at shopping centre
On Sunday 17 December 2023, there were two shooting incidents in Oslo. One happened at the Arkaden shopping center on Karl Johans gate. An accused man in his 30s pleads not guilty to attempted grievous bodily harm. But he pleads guilty to aggravated illegal possession of a firearm in a public place.
17 December: Shooting at Sinsen
The second shooting incident that Sunday happened at Sinsen. The task leader said that it appeared as if two people had agreed to meet. Witnesses heard shots, before one person fled in a car, while the other fled the scene on foot.
28 October: Shot 15-year-old at a party
On Saturday 28 October 2023, a 19-year-old shot a 15-year-old at a party in the Godlia/Trasop area. The young shooting victim was taken to hospital, but his life was not in danger. The police knew who to look for, but did not find the 19-year-old suspect. He had been driven to a marina by another teenager, according to the indictment. But the accused reported himself to the police not long after and pointed out where the gun was. Several young people have been charged with assisting the accused by concealing evidence in the case.
– It is terrifying
From 2022 to 2023, the number of serious violent incidents in Oslo almost doubled, figures from the police show. The number of stabbings also increased, from around 20 in 2022 to over 50 last year.
The nine shooting incidents in this case are the shooting incidents the media have captured in the last six months. So there may be more.
– It is frightening that there are more and more episodes, and it seems to be getting worse and worse. It is a development that is going in the wrong direction. It is a very serious situation, says leader of the justice committee at the Storting, Helge André Njåstad (Frp).
Last year, 17 cases of violence where firearms were used were reported, police statistics show. But there were even more such cases in 2021 and 2022. Then, respectively, 20 and 22 cases of violence with firearms were registered.
Helge André Njåstad (Frp)
Head of the justice committee at the Storting
Njåstad fears that it will degenerate.
– We see how they have lost control in Sweden. The combination of crime increasing and the number of police man-years falling is not sustainable. It is no longer just the FRP that talks about Swedish conditions. They also do that in the police, claims the politician.
He repeats Frp’s proposal to introduce stricter penalties for crime committed in certain zones. It is something they have introduced in Denmark, among other things.
– We see that some geographical areas are harder hit than others.
Sources: Aftenposten, NTB and Avisa Oslo
