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Gunman Opens Fire in Norwegian Mosque, Injures One

Agence France-Presse

   OSLO, NORWAY - A gunman armed with multiple weapons opened fire in a
   mosque near Oslo Saturday, injuring one person before being overpowered
   by an elderly worshipper and arrested, Norwegian police and witnesses
   said.

   Hours after the attack, the body of a young woman related to the
   suspect was found in a home in the suburb of Baerum where the shooting
   took place earlier in the day, police said Saturday evening.

   Investigators are treating her death as suspicious and have opened a
   murder probe.

   The head of the mosque described the assailant as a young white man
   dressed in black and said he was wearing a helmet and bulletproof vest.

   He said only three people had been inside the al-Noor Islamic center at
   the time of the attack.

   Police were alerted to the shooting shortly after 4 p.m. local time
   (1400 GMT).

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