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Police release images of Oslo US embassy explosion suspect

Alys Davies

Police in Norway have released pictures of a suspect linked to an explosion outside the US's embassy in Norway's capital Oslo on Sunday.

Two heavily pixelated images taken from surveillance footage show a person with their face concealed, dressed in dark clothing and carrying a backpack.

Police said in a statement on Monday that their investigation had so far showed the explosion was caused by an improvised device that was placed at the building's entrance. The blast caused minor damage and no injuries were reported.

Police previously said it was possible the explosion was an act of terrorism. They said in their latest update that they had no developments on the attacker's motive.

As well as the images, investigators were also examining a video published on Google Maps around the time of the incident, police said.

The now-deleted video featured Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, local media reported. He was assassinated last month during joint US-Israeli strikes on Tehran.

Police said the investigation into the embassy blast was being treated as high priority and that dogs, drones and helicopters had been used to carry out investigations at the scene of the explosion.

They appealed to anyone with information about the suspect, as well as anyone who noticed anything unusual in the area between midnight and 02:00 local time (01:00 GMT) on Sunday, to contact them.

Emergency services were dispatched to the embassy, on Morgedalsvegen street in the Ullern district of Oslo, at about 01:00 on Sunday.

Following the incident, photos posted on social media showed shattered glass in the snow outside the entrance to the embassy's consular section, cracks in a glass door and dark marks on a tiled floor.

Norwegian authorities described the incident as "unacceptable", with Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide stressing that "the security of diplomatic missions is very important to us".

A US State Department spokesperson said it too was investigating the incident.

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omoredia:
Is he a Muslim? He must be one of them

LtChisom:
Jerusalem held no foundational significance in early Islam. Muhammad never set foot there. There was no mosque and no Islamic presence tied to the city during his lifetime.

At the beginning, Muhammad instructed his followers to pray toward Jerusalem as a strategic move to gain favour with the Jews.

When that effort failed and the Jewish tribes rejected his claims, he changed the qibla (direction of prayer) toward Mecca.

Islam’s so-called connection to Jerusalem was manufactured out of necessity.

By the late 7th century, Abdullah ibn al-Zubayr controlled Mecca and Medina, the religious heart of Islam. His rival, Umayyad Caliph Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan, ruled from the Levant, but lacked control over Islam’s holiest cities.

To undercut al-Zubayr’s legitimacy and redirect pilgrimage traffic away from Mecca, Abd al-Malik declared the Temple Mount to be the site mentioned in the Qur’an as “al-Masjid al-Aqsa” and built the Dome of the Rock and the Al-Aqsa Mosque.

The real Masjid al-Aqsa referred to in the Qur’an pointed to a structure between Mecca and Ta’if, not Jerusalem. The retroactive claim to Jerusalem was a power play.

If Israel operated by the same logic as Islamic conquerors, it would have turned Al-Aqsa into a museum, demolished it entirely, or built the Third Temple in its place, just as Muslim rulers throughout history erased churches and synagogues to assert dominance.

But Israel didn’t do that. It didn’t ban Muslim prayer. It didn’t claim exclusive access. Instead, it chose to protect Al-Aqsa, even while it was being used as a platform for incitement and propaganda.

Know the truth, and the truth shall set you free!

Musa BM Azzaman
Musa B. Musa

Lifestone:
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omoredia:
Is he a Muslim? He must be one of them

LtChisom:
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seasonstt1:
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Onogiede:
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