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Norwegian Teen Held for Hostel Murder Also Planned Mosque Attack, Say Police
Oslo police say 18-year-old arrested for hostel worker’s murder also planned mosque attack. Suspect linked to anti-Muslim views; acted alone.
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by News Desk
2025-08-28
Norwegian Teen Held for Hostel Murder Also Planned Mosque Attack, Say Police

Norwegian authorities have announced that an 18-year-old teenager arrested for the murder of a hostel worker in Oslo also had plans to attack a mosque.

The suspect was detained after the killing of 34-year-old Tamima Nibras Juhar, a social worker of Ethiopian origin, at an Oslo hostel where she worked and the accused was a resident. Police confirmed the youth is now under investigation for both murder and terrorism offenses.

According to the statement, the suspect had expressed “opinions hostile to Muslim people” and had declared intentions of targeting a mosque in Hoenefoss, a town about 60 kilometers north of the Norwegian capital.

Police stressed, however, that the young man’s capacity to carry out such further attacks appeared limited. Investigators believe he acted alone.

Local media have identified the suspect as Djordje Wilms, a German national of Serbian background who moved to Norway as a child, though police have not officially confirmed his identity.

Norway has a violent history of far-right extremist attacks. In 2011, neo-Nazi Anders Behring Breivik killed 77 people in coordinated bomb and shooting attacks. In 2019, another far-right extremist, Philip Manshaus, attempted a shooting at a mosque in the Oslo region before being subdued.

Authorities say the latest case underscores the continuing threat of extremist ideologies in the country.
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