Posted on 10/29/2008 9:53:33 AM PDT by marthemaria
Four persons stabbed in downtown Oslo Tuesday night by a man with a record of violence were in stable condition after their frightening ordeal. Their attacker was in police custody and being held at a psychiatric hospital
The stabbing drama suddenly played out around the Gunerius shopping complex around 9am Tuesday.
One witness said he and his wife were walking down the pedestrian street Brugata after a theater visit, when a man came walking "quietly and calmly" towards them.
"Suddenly he raised his arm and he was holding a big Rambo-like knife," the man told Norwegian Broadcasting (NRK). "My wife yelled 'RUN,' and we ran into a nearby café and yelled for everyone to stay inside and call the police."
The knife-wielding man proceeded to go on a stabbing spree, randomly assaulting passersby including one woman who was stabbed in the throat, a man whom he stabbed in the arm and another man who was stabbed while waiting for the tram in Storgata.
Police were finally able to apprehend the assailant, a 36-year-old man from Somalia, inside a local parking garage. He has a police record after earlier incidents involving possession of narcotics and violence.
"It would be wrong to say he was arrested without any drama," Lasse Alver of the Oslo Police District told Aftenposten.no. "It seemed as though he was trying to attack everyone and anyone he came across."
Two persons were sent to Ullevål Hospital while two others were treated at a local emergency clinic.
One witness said the man had been carrying the knife in a plastic bag, and pulled it out as he encountered potential victims. He ultimately threw the knife down and ran. "He seemed unstable," said Alver after the arrest was made. "He just wanted to attack anyone he saw."
Crazy Muslim on Halloween. Scary.
100-1 odds that the attacker is a Muslim...
Did I miss something? Such as this guys name and religious affiliation?
Prayers offered up for safe recovery of all victims.
That was a surprise.
Ain’t diversity great?
An illegal gang banger (not from Norway...) just shot a store clerk near me.
Where did Mayberry go?
Where is a 1% crime rate?
Thank you, Ted Kennnedy.
You do seem to have a blind spot for that part of a story.
When big Rambo-like knives are outlawed, only outlaws will have big Rambo-like knives.
Those evil Lutherans are at it again.
I read he is from Somalia, that was all I read, no name was mentioned and no religious affiliation was mentioned. Your comment is nonsensical, what so you mean by it? I think the guy is a muslim, stabbing infidels. He has a history of violence, so what is he doing walking the streets? It is really none of our business what happens there but it is a good indication of what is coming here if we don't start to crack down.
The article says he has a record of violence and drug possession. Probably a drug dealer.
Most Somalis are Muslims, I believe.
The question this article raises, I suppose, is why on earth the Scandinavian countries have admitted this clearly dangerous and dysfunctional immigrants? And why they now seem unable to deal with them in a rational way that will protect their citizens?
According to Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_by_country) 99.9% of Somalis are Muslim. It's hardly a rash assumption to assume that the chap was Muslim.
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