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Suspect in Norway mosque shooting not admitting guilt: Lawyer

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A view of the Al Noor Islamic Centre mosque in Sandvika, Norway on Sunday. Lefteris Karagiannopoulos/ Reuters

The man suspected of shooting at people inside a Norwegian mosque on Saturday and of separately killing his stepsister does not admit to any crime and is not speaking with investigators, his lawyer said on Monday.

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People gather outside the Islamic Cultural Centre to show solidarity with the Muslim community after Saturday's shooting at a mosque in Oslo Norway on Sunday.

“He is exercising his right not to be interrogated,” his defence attorney, Unni Fries, told Reuters. “He is not admitting any guilt.”

A court is expected to rule later on Monday on a police request to detain the 21-year-old for the next several weeks.

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Muslims from the Al-Noor mosque in Baerum arrive at the Thon hotel to attend the prayer during the first day of Eid al-Adha on Sunday in Baerum near Oslo.

Police said on Sunday they were investigating whether the man was guilty of breaching anti-terrorism laws when shots were fired at the al-Noor Islamic Centre near the Norwegian capital, although no one was hit in the attack.

The man, who is also suspected of killing his 17-year old stepsister before the attack, was eventually overpowered by a member of the mosque and held down by several people before his arrest.

Reuters

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