Norwegian intelligence fears increased attacks on politicians after the terrorist scenes two year ago

Tuesday, 23 July 2013
Norwegian politicians have received more threats than they did before the terrorist attack two years ago, the intelligence service said after yesterday's activities in memory of those killed by the far right terrorist attacks two years ago.

Two years after the terrorist attacks, Norwegian politicians are subjected to terror targeting by far right thugs all over the country.
Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg during the ceremoney in 2011

Norway's Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg and others during the funeral ceremony two years ago / img Scancomark

This comes from an assessment made by the Norwegian police intelligence Unit known as the PST and which warns politicians that they have become more vulnerable since the terrorist, Anders Behring Breivik attacked the country, killing 77 people in the terrorist attack on 22 July 2011.

"We are concerned about our politicians. During the election campaign, they'll become more visible, they'll participate more often in debates, and there will be more attention to them," says the head of PST, Benedicte Bjørnland, to the news organisation NRK and refers to the Storting Election coming in September.

She explains that it can trigger reactions in those who have a hatred of the authorities.
"We tried the idea of being there so early, of that it does not happen. But we can not rule anything out," she said.

PST boss therefore will be following environments in the far right and anti-Islamic circles closely.
For the far rights, they are not all equally well organized, as for example in the extreme Islamist environment. There many obvious leaders. "But that does not mean we are not concerned about individuals in such environment" she said, adding:
- Individuals can both have the will, ability and capacity to carry out a violent and extreme action without us being aware of it."

Anders Behring Breivik is just an example of a terrorist who acted on their own. Although he claimed at trial that he was part of the network, that he called Knigths Templar.

Benedicte stressed that the intelligence service responds quickly if politicians receive threats. After the terrorist attacks in 2011, more politicians have been assigned bodyguards, something that is new in Denmark. Both the Prime Minister, Jens Stoltenberg and his rival Erna Solberg from the Conservatives Party have been assigned bodyguards.
by Scancomark.com Team

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