Nearly two dozen people were shot at a gay bar in Oslo, Norway, early Saturday, leading officials to cancel the city’s annual Pride parade.
Reuters reported that the terrorist who allegedly committed the atrocity, which killed at least two people, was a “a 42-year-old Norwegian citizen of Iranian origin, was believed to be a radicalized Islamist.”
Prosecutor Christian Hatlo told reporters that the suspect was “known to the police” and had in the past been convicted of crimes. The Norwegian Police Security Service said that the suspect was on law enforcement’s radar due to concerns that he was part of an Islamic extremist network and that they had talked to him as recently as last month.
I guess mass shootings committed by bad people known to law enforcement isn't such a uniquely American problem after all.