The perpetrator Zanir Matapour has been on the Norwegian security police's radar since 2015 and as recently as a month ago, PST had conversations with him, without any suspicions. 

- It is still very fresh and we want answers to many questions in the coming days.

At the same time, I can already say that there will be an investigation both by PST and by the police after the incident, says Enger Mehl to Norwegian TV2.

Draws parallels to Kongsberg

Among other things, Emilie Enger Mehl draws parallels to the act in Kongsberg where the perpetrator was sentenced to compulsory mental health care.

There is information that Zanir Matapour had several mental diagnoses.

In 1999, he was sentenced to prison for a knife attack on a nightclub and in the verdict, the court took into account his "obvious mental problems", writes NRK.

- Mental health care must reach more people.

For example, there is now an evaluation of the section for the use of coercion in psychiatry - maybe there is something that can be done here, she says.

- I have confidence that PST does a good job based on the resources and opportunities they have.

And then it is important to look at what instruments PST has, because there is a strict legal framework for what they can do, which it should also be, she says.

Unclear motif image

It is still unclear whether the perpetrator entered a bar or whether he stayed on the street when he shot at people.

Norwegian TV2 has information that those who died during the act must have been shot at the bar Per on the Corner, without a clear gay profile, which is located next to the gay bar London Pub.

Initially, the information was that the attack was aimed at the gay bar, but with the new information, several question marks arise around the motive.

The perpetrator's lawyer believes that this is one of the factors that may indicate that the act of violence does not necessarily have a specific motive.

- It is important that no one draws conclusions against hate crimes or terrorism before the case is investigated, the lawyer tells TV2.

The lawyer believes that it is clear that there is much to suggest that the attack is not motivated by "extreme Islamist terror".

- I place less emphasis on PST's prejudices here, as they also did not hit very accurately in their forecast of violence.

That the hypothesis must be investigated, however, is obvious, he tells TV2.

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Two people have died and about 20 injured - This has happened in Oslo.

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