Norway - Norway tries suspects in 2006 shooting at main Oslo synagogue

The first trial under Norway's strengthened anti-terrorism laws opened Monday, with three men facing charges related to a shooting at an Oslo synagogue or plotting attacks on the capital's U.S. or Israeli embassies in 2006.

All three men deny the charges, and their defense attorneys have described the evidence against them as week.

Afan Bhatti, 30, and a second man were indicted on suspicion of either firing 13 shots at the main synagogue during the night of Sept. 17, 2006, or being an accomplice. No one was injured in the attack.

"Absolutely not guilty," said Bhatti, who has been held in jail since September 2006 on those charges. The prosecution has depicted Bhatti as the key suspect in both cases.

Source: www.haaretz.com

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