Norwegian court finds Islamist guilty of orchestrating deadly 2022 pride attack


FILE PHOTO: A rainbow flag and flowers are placed as a tribute on a sidewalk following a shooting at a nightclub in central Oslo, Norway June 25, 2022. Terje Pedersen/NTB/via REUTERS/File Photo

OSLO, Jan 16 (Reuters) - A ‌Norwegian court on Friday found an Islamist manguilty of ‌orchestrating a deadly shooting at a gay bar during ‌Oslo's 2022 Pride celebrations, sentencing him to 30 years in prison.

Arfan Bhatti, a 48-year-old Norwegian citizen born in Oslo, stood trial on charges of complicity in ‍aggravated terrorism for planning the attack even ‍though he was in Pakistan ‌at the time of the shooting.

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