Zaniar Matapour (44) was arrested by the police shortly after the shooting on 25 June last year, and has since been in custody and charged with terrorism. Now he is being prosecuted.
State prosecutors Sturla Henriksbø and Aud Kinsarvik Gravås invite the media to a press conference later today, at 2 p.m.
– Among other things, information will be given that a decision to indict Zaniar Matapour for a serious act of terrorism has been made after the attack on the night of 25 June 2022 in Oslo, the Oslo State Prosecutor’s Office writes in a press release.
NRK has not yet received a comment from Matapour’s defender Marius Dietrichson.
30 years
Gross acts of terrorism can be punished with imprisonment for up to 30 years, according to Section 132 of the Criminal Code.
Two people were killed and nine injured when Zaniar Matapour shot at the pubs Per på kørnket and London pub in central Oslo on the night of 25 June last year.
The Oslo Police District sent its proposal for a prosecution decision against Zaniar Matapour to the Oslo State Attorney’s Office on 31 August.
Thinks Matapour is trying to recruit inmates
The 44-year-old was recently moved to the high-risk ward.
Part of the reason for the move to high security at Ullersmo is said to be that the Correctional Service believes the 44-year-old is trying to recruit inmates. And that inmates are planning to attack prison staff.
He was already isolated due to a violent incident in prison, and the Correctional Service writes in a statement that the isolation is due to his behavior in prison:
“Due to observations made by the prison and the charge, we find it likely that the accused has affiliation with an organized criminal environment with radical Islamists. We suspect that he is trying to recruit inmates and form ties with like-minded people, and that this increases the risk of a new incident taking place,” says the setting referred to in the ruling.
Believes it conflicts with human rights
In the district court last week, Dietrichson argued that the isolation of Matapour in prison is against his human rights. He did not succeed in this.
This is revealed in a recent ruling from the Oslo District Court. Matapour’s defense announced that they will appeal the case.
– We are satisfied that the court agrees with us that the court must be able to test the necessity of the isolation. Both the police, prosecution and correctional services disagreed with that, he says to NRK.
He calls the ruling “deficient”.
– The law’s requirement that isolation be the last resort has not been assessed.
NRK was recently able to tell that Zaniar Matapour left his smartphone at home, but wrote down nine phone numbers on notes he had in his pocket. Three of the men he had the numbers for during the attack on 25 June are now co-accused in the case.
2023-11-10 11:36:14
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