{"id":38174,"date":"2026-03-11T23:42:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T23:42:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/38174\/"},"modified":"2026-03-11T23:42:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T23:42:12","slug":"3-brothers-arrested-for-u-s-embassy-bombing-in-oslo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/38174\/","title":{"rendered":"3 brothers arrested for U.S. Embassy bombing in Oslo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Three brothers have been arrested for the bombing of the U.S. Embassy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/world\/world-regions\/europe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">in Norway<\/a>, an alleged attack in which no one was injured.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">The brothers were taken into custody in Oslo and are Norwegian citizens of Iraqi origin in their 20s, authorities said Wednesday, Reuters reported.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They are suspected of a terror bombing,&#8221; Police Attorney Christian Hatlo told reporters.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/us-consulate-toronto-struck-gunfire-police-say-no-injuries-reported\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">US CONSULATE IN TORONTO STRUCK BY GUNFIRE, POLICE SAY; NO INJURIES REPORTED<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1773272532_293_norway-us-embassy-bombing-002.jpg\" alt=\"A police investigator at the U.S. Embassy in Oslo.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Forensic investigators inspect a site liked to the arrest of three brothers after the explosion at the U.S. Embassy Sunday in Oslo. (Stian Lysberg Solum\/NTB via AP)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We believe they detonated a powerful bomb at the U.S. embassy with the intention of taking lives or causing significant damage,&#8221; he added.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The bomb, an improvised explosive device (IED), went off Sunday and damaged the entrance to the embassy&#8217;s consular section.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Investigators were still trying to determine a motive for that attack, one of which would be an act <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/world\/terrorism\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">of terrorism<\/a>, authorities said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/enemy-within-counterterrorism-experts-fear-sleeper-cells-could-poised-inside-usto\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">ENEMY WITHIN: COUNTERTERRORISM EXPERTS FEAR SLEEPER CELLS COULD BE POISED INSIDE USTO<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1773272532_550_norway-us-embassy-bombing-003.jpg\" alt=\"Police Attorney Christian Hatlo\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Police Attorney Christian Hatlo speaks during a press briefing Wednesday, March 11, 2026, at the police station about new developments in the investigation into the explosion at the U.S. embassy in Oslo, Norway.\u00a0 (Lise Aserud\/NTB Scanpix via AP)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We believe they detonated a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/crime\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">powerful bomb<\/a> at the U.S. embassy with the intention of taking lives or causing significant damage,&#8221; Hatlo said.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities believe one of the men planted the bomb while the two others took part in the plot, Hatlo said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Police have reinforced security measures and have increased their presence around the embassy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1773272532_888_norway-us-embassy-bombing-001.jpg\" alt=\"A damaged door at the U.S. Embassy in Norway. \" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>A view of a shattered door at the U.S. Embassy in Oslo (Fredrik Varfjell \/NTB Scanpix via AP)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.onelink.me\/xLDS?pid=AppArticleLink&amp;af_dp=foxnewsaf%3A%2F%2F&amp;af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fapps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>American embassies have been placed on high alert amid the ongoing U.S.-Israeli strikes against Iran.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! 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