Iranian-born Norwegian man found guilty over 2022 Oslo LGBT+ festival attack

Iranian-born Norwegian man found guilty over 2022 Oslo LGBT+ festival attack
Zaniar Matapour in court in Oslo, Norway, in March (Lise Aserud/NTB Scanpix via AP)

An Iranian-born Norwegian man has been found guilty of terrorism over a 2022 attack on an LGBTQ+ festival in Oslo and sentenced to 30 years in prison.

Two people were killed and nine were seriously wounded in the shooting at three locations, chiefly outside the London Pub, a popular gay bar, on June 25 2022.

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