3 brothers arrested in connection with U.S. embassy explosion in Norway

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Three brothers person been arrested successful transportation with the explosion astatine the U.S. Embassy successful Oslo, Norway, authorities said Wednesday.

The brothers were Norwegian citizens of Iraqi origin, constabulary authoritative Christian Hatlo said successful a quality conference. They person been arrested astir 3:30 p.m. section clip Wednesday connected suspicion of a "terrorist bombing" astatine the building. The men are successful their 20s and were not antecedently known to police, Hatlo said. Investigators are inactive moving to find a motive, Hatlo said.

"We are inactive moving from respective hypotheses. One of them is whether this is an bid from a authorities entity," Hatlo said. "This is rather earthy fixed the people — the U.S. embassy — and the information concern the satellite is successful today," helium said.

Hatlo said investigators are inactive moving to find what relation the brothers played successful the bombing, which caused insignificant harm to the gathering but did not effect successful immoderate casualties oregon injuries. Hatlo said that constabulary judge 1 antheral placed the weaponry extracurricular the embassy and the different 2 were "complicit successful the act." Hatlo said constabulary are not ruling retired links to "criminal networks."

The detonation occurred astatine 1 of the entrances to the U.S. Embassy astir 1 a.m. section time, Oslo constabulary antecedently said. Police incidental commandant Michael Dellemyr told nationalist broadcaster NRK that the blast deed the entranceway of the embassy's consular section.

Police reinforced information measures successful Oslo and accrued their beingness astir the embassy aft the blast. Police besides upped information measures to support the Iranian diaspora and Jewish communities successful Norway. Officials said that determination were nary indications of a lingering menace aft the explosion.

Frode Larsen, caput of the Oslo constabulary probe unit, told reporters astatine a quality league that it whitethorn person been a deliberate onslaught linked to the crisis successful the Middle East, Reuters reported. He aboriginal told NRK that coercion was 1 of respective motives authorities were investigating.

In its yearly menace assessment, the Norwegian information work PST said past period that Iran could trust connected "proxy actors," including "criminal networks," to perpetrate specified acts.

Rep. Rick Crawford, seat of the House Intel Committee, told Fox News connected Sunday that helium believed the detonation "may person been a violent attack." U.S. embassies astir the satellite person been placed connected precocious alert since the warfare successful Iran began. Several person faced attacks arsenic Tehran hits backmost astatine concern and diplomatic targets.

"We request to beryllium precise diligent astir not lone our information present astatine home, but evidently targets astir (the) satellite wherever determination are U.S. assets including embassies and truthful on," Crawford said.

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