◼ The government is considering withdrawing Norwegian citizenship from people taking part in terror activities and wars abroad. - The Local (Norway's news in English)
Plans to punish the potential threat of terrorist activity in Norway were announced on Monday.
Minister of Children and Equality, Solveig Horne, said to the media: “This is a strong signal to people wanting to take part in terror operations and wars.”
The Norwegian government believes it is important to look at new measures to oppose radical behavior connected to terrorism.
Horne said: “We will turn over every stone to find the necessary measures to prevent radicalization and extremism. We will begin discussion about introducing regulations on revocation for any citizen causing serious damage to vital government interests or who has volunteered to serve in foreign military services.”
◼ Isis gang of four sparked Norway's terror alert - The Local (Norway's news in English)
Dagbladet reported they know the identities and backgrounds of four Isis terrorists with nationalities outside of the Middle East. The group were on their way to Norway and this triggered a terror alert on July 24th, according to newspaper sources.
The Norwegian intelligence agency on July 18th was warned by a foreign agency that a terror attack against Norway was expected. At the same time, PST (the Norwegian police security agency) received notification from another cooperating agency of a planned terror attack against Norway.
It is not known where the terror attack was supposed to happen, but information indicated that the terror operation would be on a large scale and would spread fear around the world.
