Suspect in fatal Oslo Pride attack ordered held in pre-trial detention

A Norwegian national flag flutters over flowers and rainbow flags that are placed at the scene of a shooting in central of Oslo, Norway, Sunday, June 26, 2022. Norwegian police say they are investigating an overnight shooting in Oslo that killed two people and injured more than a dozen as a case of possible terrorism. In a news conference Saturday, police officials said the man arrested after the shooting was a Norwegian citizen of Iranian origin who was previously known to police but not for major crimes. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

The suspect in a deadly shooting ahead of an LGBTQ festival in the Norwegian capital has been ordered held in pre-trial detention for four weeks — two of them in solitary confinement – as he continued to refuse to be questioned.

Zaniar Matapour, a 42-year-old Norwegian citizen originally from Iran, was arrested shortly after Saturday’s pre-dawn shooting in Oslo’s nightlife district and was held on suspicion of murder, attempted murder and terrorism.