Three Iraqi migrants are being interrogated by Norwegian police over a blast that occurred at the U.S. Embassy in Oslo in the early hours of Sunday morning, which authorities are linking to events in the Middle East. Three men are being held on suspicion of terrorist bombing, Norway police spokesman Christian Hatlo said at a press conference after arrests in Oslo on Wednesday evening. The unnamed men, who are migrants to Norway from Iraq who have Norwegian passports, are suspected of being behind the “very powerful” explosion at the U.S. Embassy in the early hours of Sunday morning.
Hatlo said in his statement that one of the men held is suspected of having planted the bomb, while the other two are accused of having assisted that perpetrator. The spokesman further stated that police are considering whether the plot to bomb the embassy, which police say they believe “has to do with the circumstances” in the Middle East was executed on the orders of a state actor. Other options include the men being members of a criminal gang or unaffiliated lone wolves acting on their own initiative, reports the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK).
