A 65-year-old man who tackled a gunman who stormed a mosque in Norway is being hailed as a hero.
He told how he held the gunman down while another worshipper, Mohamed Iqbal, hit him on the head.
Irfan Mushtaq, board member of the mosque, said that minutes before the shooting on Saturday afternoon around 15 people had been inside the building.
A post on an online messaging board suggested he was a far-right extremist inspired by the Christchurch, Poway and El Paso shooters.
The same man is also accused of killing his 17-year-old stepsister, whose body was found at her home.
The defendant has expressed opinions in which he praises [Norwegian fascist and Nazi collaborator] Quisling and is hostile towards immigration.”.
The mosque earlier this year implemented extra security measures following the massacre of more than 50 people at two mosques in Christchurch. »