ISLAMABAD – A gunman who opened fire at a mosque outside Oslo, Norway wasstopped by a 65-year-old man who put him in a chokehold, authoritiesreported on Sunday.
The shooting happened Saturday at the al-Noor Islamic Centre near theNorwegian capital, when the suspect, a man in his 20s, burst through aglass door just after 4 p.m. and started firing, Oslo police official RuneSkjold told reporters.
Retired Pakistani Air Force officer Mohammad Rafiqlink , 65, approached the attackerfirst, the mosque said. “I suddenly heard shooting from outside,” Rafiqtold the reporters. He intercepted and grabbed the gunman, who stuck hisfinger in Rafiq’s eye. Another man ran up to help.
“The man carried two shotgun-like weapons and a pistol. He broke through aglass door and fired shots,” mosque board member Irfan Mushtaq told aprivate channel in Oslo.
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Rafiq suffered minor injuries, police said. He is being hailed as a hero.
