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Eugene

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Mon Aug 12, 2019, 12:33 PM Aug 2019

Worshipper, 65, takes down heavily armed mosque gunman before he can kill anyone

Source: The Independent

Worshipper, 65, takes down heavily armed mosque gunman before he can kill anyone

Police investigating shooting as terror attack after uncovering evidence of gunman’s far-right views

Lizzie Dearden Security Correspondent @lizziedearden
55 minutes ago

A 65-year-old man who tackled a gunman who stormed a mosque in Norway is being hailed as a hero.

Witnesses said Mohamed Rafiq restrained the terror suspect and held him down with another worshipper before police arrived, despite being injured in the struggle.

Mr Rafiq was among three people at the al-Noor Islamic Centre in Baerum on Saturday, when a man burst in with “two shotgun-like weapons and a pistol”.

The attacker, who was reportedly wearing a uniform and body armour, broke through a glass door to reach the place of worship, where people were preparing to celebrate the Islamic festival of Eid al-Adha.

Speaking to press outside a nearby hotel on Sunday, Mr Rafiq said: “I’m thankful for all of the help and support I have received.”

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Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/norway-mosque-shooting-attack-latest-gunman-worshipper-man-hero-far-right-terror-a9051986.html
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Worshipper, 65, takes down heavily armed mosque gunman before he can kill anyone (Original Post) Eugene Aug 2019 OP
Good job underpants Aug 2019 #1
A good guy without a gun . . . flamin lib Aug 2019 #2
Wonderful. Now to throw the attacker into prison for life ... SWBTATTReg Aug 2019 #3
Probably not. A neo-nazi named Anders Behring Breivik killed 77 people in Norway.... EarnestPutz Aug 2019 #5
Smacked him up and how. Good on them, good guys with no guns. marble falls Aug 2019 #4

EarnestPutz

(2,588 posts)
5. Probably not. A neo-nazi named Anders Behring Breivik killed 77 people in Norway....
Mon Aug 12, 2019, 02:00 PM
Aug 2019

....a few years ago and he is serving a 21 year sentence.

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