2019 Bærum murder and mosque attack

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On 10 August 2019, 21-year-old neo-Nazi Philip Manshaus murdered his 17-year-old adopted sister Johanne Ihle-Hansen at their home in Bærum, Akershus, Norway. He then drove to the Al-Noor Islamic Centre and broke into the building by shooting a glass door. Inside, Manshaus opened fire, but hit no one as the mosque was almost empty since prayer service had already ended. He was subdued by three elderly worshippers after a scuffle, and turned over to police. He had attempted to livestream the shooting, but failed. Manshaus was fixated on far-right conspiracy theories and mass shootings, and had been investigated in 2018 after a tip was filed over his neo-Nazi views. The tip was not followed up on, as it was deemed to be vague and lacked signs he was planning a violent attack. He murdered Ihle-Hansen due to her being of Asian ethnicity, and the mosque shooting was done to intimidate Immigrants; the attack was inspired by the Christchurch mosque shootings, which had occurred earlier in the...

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