SUSPECT HELD FAR-RIGHT VIEWS, TOOK VIDEO OF FAILED ATTACK ON MOSQUE
OSLO The man suspected of shooting at people inside a Norwegian mosque on Saturday, and of killing his stepsister, appeared in court on Monday with black eyes and wounds on his face and neck.
A judge gave police permission to hold 21-year-old Philip Manshaus in custody for an initial four weeks while he is investigated on suspicion of murder and breach of anti-terrorism law, the court’s ruling later showed.
Manshaus, who briefly smiled at photographers, does not admit to any crime, his lawyer said.
Witnesses said Manshaus entered the al-Noor Islamic Centre with several guns, but was overpowered by a 65-year-old member of the mosque, who managed to wrestle away his weapons.
Manshaus wore a helmet camera, filming the shooting, but did not appear to have broadcast the attack, according to prosecutors. “This video is key evidence,” police attorney Paal-Fredrik Hjort Kraby told a news conference.
Manshaus had expressed farright, anti-immigrant views before the attack, police said.
Online postings under Manshaus’ name, made shortly before the attack, expressed admiration for the massacre at two New Zealand mosques in March by a suspected white supremacist.