The two who were shot in Oslo on the night of Sunday have been central figures in Oslo’s criminal underworld for a number of years.
TV 2 gets their identities confirmed from independent sources.
As NRK mentioned on Sunday, both of the injured have previously been leading figures in the Young Guns gang, which was notorious in the early 2000s.
YOUNG GUNS: The man who was shot in the center of Oslo on the night of Sunday is on the right in this photo. On the left is Mohammed Javed, who was killed in 2009. They are talking to TV 2’s former crime expert Johnny Brenna. Photo: TV 2
When the man in his 40s was shot in Klingenberggata in Oslo at the weekend, it was the third time he fell victim to what the police believe is an attempted murder.
Shot at Aker Brygge in 2006
When he was shot in front of a crowd of people at Aker brygge in 2006, the police seriously launched a crackdown on the criminal gangs in the capital.
After the assassination attempt, in which another leader of Young Guns was also hit, the Oslo police set up the much-discussed “Gang project”.
The now convicted policeman Eirik Jensen (65) led the project.
The police concluded that members of the B gang were behind the 10-15 shots that were fired at Aker brygge in 2006.
The man in his 40s has himself been convicted of attempted murder, after he was convicted a few years after the shooting for shooting former B gang leader Ghulam Abbas (46) outside his home on Furuset in 2007.
In the verdict, it was established that the attempted murder was a direct act of revenge after the shooting at Aker brygge the previous year.
He received eleven years in prison for firing the shots.
TV 2 has been in contact with the man’s assistance lawyer Sidra Bhatti. She does not wish to comment on this case.
Attempted killing by Millehaugen
At approximately 18.30 on 19 January 2009, the man came running into an Esso station at Haugerud in Oslo.
“My friend has been shot in the head up by the hay block in Haugerud. He is dead,” he told an employee at the station who did not doubt for a second that he was telling the truth.
EVACUATED: During the trial against Stig Millehaugen in 2011, the Oslo district court was evacuated after a clash between the B-gang and Young Guns. Photo: Berit Roald / NTB
A few minutes earlier he had been behind the wheel of a Mercedes. In the passenger seat was his friend Mohammed Javed (28), who at the time was considered the leader of Young Guns.
In the back seat of the car sat Stig Millehaugen (53), who was wanted internationally last summer when he escaped from Trondheim prison.
Got protection from the police
When Millehaugen was still on the run, security measures were implemented around the man in his 40s, who reacted strongly to the fact that he had not been informed of the killer’s leave from prison.
According to the verdict from the Oslo District Court, Millehaugen first shot Javed in the back of the head.
The man in his 40s immediately managed to storm out of the car. He followed Millehaugen, heel to heel, for several metres. The man in his 40s is convinced that he was tried to be shot, but that the weapon tickled.
ON THE ESCAPE: Double murder convict Stig Millehaugen (53) escaped from Trondheim prison in June. Photo: The police
After the murder, Millehaugen drove the car a short distance before setting fire to the vehicle with Javed inside.
Millehaugen was convicted both for the murder of Javed and for attempted murder against the man in his 40s.
Two wanted internationally
The Oslo police have charged three people with attempted murder or complicity in this after the shooting at the weekend.
Only one of them has been arrested, while the other two are wanted internationally.
LARGE FORCES: The police moved out with large forces to Klingenberggata in central Oslo on the night of Sunday. Photo: Frode Sunde / TV 2
The police are continuously considering whether they should call for the two with names and photos.
The arrested man in his 20s is charged with complicity and is being defended by lawyer Marius Ihlebæk.
He did not want to be questioned by the police.
Grete Lien Metlid, head of the Joint Intelligence and Investigation Unit (FEE) in the Oslo police district, tells TV 2 that they are working intensively to get in touch with the accused.
POLITITOPP: Police inspector Grete Lien Metlid leads the department in the Oslo police which, among other things, investigates the most serious cases of violence. Photo: Photo: Alf Simensen / TV 2
She says they are aware of several different lines of conflict among criminals in the capital, and that they are investigating whether this could be the background to the shooting.
– There are lines of conflict we are aware of. We are aware that with a possible environmental connection there may be an explanation, but it is too early to draw conclusions about this, says police inspector Metlid to TV 2.
– Do you have video of the shots?
– We have the video material in this case, which is central. We will not say anything more about what it shows. It is part of the investigative material, says Metlid.
