Oslo police finally get their man
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Semi-naked knifeman stabs multiple people in the streets of Oslo before being shot dead by police – a year after he committed the same crime and was sectioned
The knifeman was convicted in December 2020 for another semi-naked knife attack in Grunerlokka, Oslo, and was sectioned for compulsory mental health care.
The attacker was convicted over a similar semi-naked June 4, 2019 rampage where they stabbed a passer-by several times in the upper body. He had reportedly set fire to his clothes before charging five people with a knife.
The victim resisted and was aided by passersby who distracted the knifeman, helping the man survive the brutal attack.
The attacker, who reportedly shouted 'allahu akbar' during the 2019 assault, was shot by police with a stun gun as he was arrested.
At trial, court-appointed mental health experts disagreed over whether he suffered from paranoid schizophrenia or drug-induced psychosis, but both the prosecution and the defence agreed he should be sectioned to compulsory mental health care.
Local media reported he was also convicted for attacking two police officers in 2015 in an assault in which he told cops 'you are going to die' and called them 'fascist b*******'.
“Well, we had to be sure he was truly dangerous”, Police spokesman Oskar Lutefisk told FWIW, while explaining why the madman was repeatedly set loose and returned to the streets, “but now, all doubt is gone. Unfortunately, we are no longer in a position to offer this man further mental health care.”
(Alright, not much of a story, but I couldn’t resist the opportunity to put “shirtless” and “Musselman” together. Sue me.)
