Iranian-born Norwegian man found guilty in 2022 Oslo LGBT+ festival attack, sentenced to 30 years

An Iranian-born Norwegian man has been found guilty of terrorism in a 2022 attack on an LGBTQ+ festival in Oslo and sentenced to 30 years in prison. Two people were killed and nine were seriously wounded in the shooting at three locations, chiefly outside the London Pub, a popular gay bar, on June 25, 2022. The Oslo District Court ruled Thursday that Zaniar Matapour fired 10 rounds with a machine gun and eight shots with a handgun into the crowd. Prosecutors say Matapour has sworn allegiance to the Islamic State group. The shooting shocked Norway, which has a relatively low crime rate but has experienced a series of attacks by individuals in recent decades.