(Nettavisen): – There are absolutely insane margins in this. It’s a miracle that I survived at all.
Espen Evjenth from the witness box in Oslo District Court said when he explained to have been shot in his head during the night of June 25, 2022 (see fact box below).
On Tuesday, the trial started against extreme Islamist Arfan Bhatti where he is charged with complicity in the attack.
The 48-year-old has always denied criminal charges.
Facts about the terror case with Arfan Bhatti
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* At 1.13 night until Saturday, June 25, 2022, Zaniar Matapour (45) fired 18 shots at people who were in and outside the bar per corner and the London Pub nightclub in the center of Oslo. The shooting took place during Oslo Pride.
* Kåre Arvid Hesvik and Jon Erik Isachsen were killed by the shots, while nine others were inflicted on gunshot injuries. A total of 312 people have had the status of offended in the case.
* Matapour was charged with serious terror. Oslo District Court stated July 4 last year that he was accountable after the indictment and sentenced him to a penalty of custody for 30 years, with a minimum time of 20 years. He appealed the verdict, but withdrew the appeal in January 2025.
* Another four people were originally charged in the case, including Islamist Arfan Bhatti. Everyone refused criminal charges. The case against two of them is closed and Bhatti still refuses criminal charges.
* Bhatti is now charged with complicity in the terrorist act. The prosecuting authority believes the attack took place after joint planning, with the assistance and support of Bhatti. He should also have assisted in the procurement of weapons and attempts to make contact with the terrorist organization IS in order to assume responsibility for the action.
* The lawsuit against Arfan Bhatti starts in the Oslo District Court on Tuesday and is scheduled until November 7.
SOURCE: NTB
Terror Offers: – It is expensive to be a victim
From the witness box, the terror victim also talked about how the injury has characterized him afterwards. Over three years have passed since the attack.
– With regard to working life, the incident has been completely devastating. I have always worked and been proud of my work capacity. But it has been heavy mental and what happened has in many ways changed me as a person, Evjenth said.
During his explanation, pictures of bullet holes were shown on the left side of the head hours after he was shot. Today, the hole is gone, but the scars are visible.
A few meters away sat the extreme Islamist Bhatti. Several times he stared at the victim in the witness box.
Dramatic: Only those who were life -threatening injured received the highest priority after the terrorist attack.
Foto: Farid Ighoubah (NetTavisen)
A total of eleven people were shot and two were killed by Bhatti buddy Zaniar Matapour during the attack. Last year, he was sentenced to the most severe punishment of the law, 30 years in custody.
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He explained both physical and cognitive consequences. In addition, he is affected financially after he reduced ability to work.
– I lost my concentration ability to a great extent and have a very difficult time processing information, also in writing. It is heavier to participate in social settings and in addition it has had financial consequences. It is expensive to be a terror sacrifice, Evjenth said, pointing, among other things, to animal times Norway has been through.
Investigated: This is how it looked 1 hour and 23 minutes after the terrorist attack at the London Pub in Oslo, which is a well -known place for Skeive.
Photo: Andreas Esteban Woldseth
From the witness box Evjenth also had to take to tears when he was asked about expectations of the legal process. He briefly replied that the offenders had aid lawyers and continued:
“He (Bhatti) has his defense … but it’s Gørrtungt,” he said before he couldn’t hold back tears.
The mass shooting in Oslo Oslo 20220625. Several shots have been fired at 1.15 o’clock night to Saturday on the outside of the London Pub in the center of Oslo. Several are injured, police say. Photo: Javad M. Parsa / NTB
Photo: Javad M. Parsa
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The prosecuting authority believes the attack was planned and aimed at the skewed environment in the capital during the Pride marking, and that Bhatti is the architect behind. They also believe that Bhatti had other terror plans and wanted to recruit a five -year -old mother to blast herself.
Blowns: Arfan Bhatti he thinks ‘at all is not guilty’ in the terrorist charges. Here with his regular defender since 1992, star lawyer John Christian Elden.
Foto: Farid Ighoubah (NetTavisen)
Bhatti has refused to explain the case in police questioning and would also say nothing when he testified in the trial against Matapour last year. In interrogation, he has criticized the Police Security Service (PST) and the police, in addition to the Norwegian authorities in general.
In interrogation, he has also made sensational claims such as being tortured in prison in Pakistan.
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The lawsuit against Bhatti is scheduled for several weeks, until November 7, and the evidence is extensive. Justice Minister Astri Aas Hansen (Ap) is called a witness in the case, in addition a convicted multimillionaire in the witness box.
But the most central evidence is chat messages The prosecutor’s authority believes Bhatti has had a secret agent from the intelligence service. Nettavisen has previously revealed some of the most central of the messages.
