Two killed, 10 injured at LGBT nightclub in Norway

At least two people were killed and 10 seriously injured early Saturday in a shooting attack on an LGBTQ nightclub in Oslo. Norwegian authorities raised the country’s terror threat to its highest level Saturday.

Police charged a 42-yearold man with murder, attempted murder and terrorist acts as a stunned nation reeled from the attack, which came hours before Oslo’s Pride parade was scheduled to take place. Authorities did not immediately release his name Saturday.

The attack is being viewed as an act of “extreme Islamist terror,” the head of the country’s domestic intelligence and security service, Roger Berg, said. Mr. Berg said the suspect, a Norwegian citizen who was born in Iran, has suffered from mental health problems.

Police said the man was known to them from previous relatively minor run-ins with the law. He had been accused of violence toward people close to him, the Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten reported.

The gunman opened fire at around 1 a.m. local time at the London Pub, which calls itself Oslo’s “gay headquarters since 1979,” and at a second bar and a fast-food restaurant, Norwegian media reported.

The suspect was arrested a short time later.

Police said they believe he acted alone.

Thetwo men who were killed were in their 50s and 60s, police said Saturday.

Death toll at Morocco border climbs to 23

The number of people who were killed after they tried to scale a border fence between Morocco and a Spanish enclave in North Africa rose to 23 on Saturday as human rights organizations in Spain and Morocco called on both countries to investigate the circumstances surrounding the deaths.

Moroccan authorities said the individuals died as a result of a “stampede” of people who attempted Friday to climb the iron fence that separates the city of Melilla and Morocco. In a statement, Morocco’s Interior Ministry said 76 civilians were injured along with 140 Moroccan security officers.

The ministry initially reported five deaths. Local authorities cited by Morocco’s official Television 2M updated the number to 18 on Saturday and then reported that the death toll had climbed to 23.

WHO: Monkeypox rise not yet an emergency

The World Health Organization said the escalating monkeypox outbreak in more than 50 countries should be closely monitored but does not warrant being declared a global health emergency.

In a statement Saturday, a WHO emergency committee said many aspects of the outbreak were “unusual” and acknowledged that monkeypox — which is endemic in some African countries — has been neglected for years.

WHO did point to the “emergency nature” of the outbreak and said controlling its spread requires an “intense” response.

The committee said the outbreak should be “closely monitored and reviewed after a few weeks.” But it would recommend a reassessment before then if certain new developments emerge.