Norwegian police have arrested three brothers on suspicion of a “terrorist bomb attack” after an explosion at the US embassy in Norway’s capital Oslo over the weekend. Investigators assumed that one of the brothers planted an explosive device in front of the embassy and the other two were involved in the crime, said prosecutor Christian Hatlo at a press conference on Wednesday.
According to Hatlo, the three Norwegians in their 20s were arrested in Oslo. The police are still investigating the motive of the alleged perpetrators. One of the hypotheses is that the men acted on behalf of a state. “This is quite obvious given the target – the US embassy – and today’s global security situation,” said Hatlo.
The lawyer of one of the suspects, Oystein Storrvik, told Norwegian broadcaster TV2 that his client had admitted his involvement in the case. “He confesses that he planted the bomb there,” Storrvik said.
The death toll from Israeli attacks on Lebanon since March 2 has risen to 634. This is reported by the Lebanese Civil Protection Authority. There is currently no Israeli statement available.
A senior military adviser to Iran‘s new supreme leader, Modshtaba Khamenei, has called US President Donald Trump “Satan” and threatened Israel with annihilation. “Trump is the most corrupt and stupidest American president,” Jahja Rahim Safawi said on state television on Wednesday. “He is Satan himself.”
He also repeated the long-standing threat to destroy Israel. “In the Middle East, Israel and Iran cannot coexist. One of them must disappear. The one that remains is Iran, and the one that is destroyed is definitely the Zionist regime,” he continued. Israel is fighting together with the USA against the Islamic Republic.
Iranian President Massoud Peseschkian has formulated conditions for a possible end to the war. The only way to stop the fighting would be “firm international guarantees” for a permanent end to all attacks, he wrote on X. Peseschkian also called for reparations payments. In addition, the “legitimate rights of Iran” must be recognized.
Peseschkian did not say which rights he specifically meant. Observers of Iranian domestic politics assume that he is referring to the election of the new supreme leader and his international recognition.
