The Norwegian police leadership decided on Saturday that police officers would carry weapons until further notice due to threats received by the Muslim community. “The Director General of Police has decided to arm the police nationwide from today, Saturday afternoon,” she wrote in a statement.
“The context is that of threats made against Muslim religious communities and the Muslim festival of Eid-el-Fitr next week,” she said. “These are threats against mosques,” said police spokesman Roar Hansen.
In the Scandinavian country, the police are generally not armed, but they were authorized to be temporarily, from March 27 to April 2, during the Easter period, without changing the level of threats, currently considered "moderate" .
This Wednesday, the Norwegian Parliament was also targeted by a bomb threat, leading to the evacuation of the public and the blocking of surrounding streets by the police, indicates the Reuters agency. The members of Parliament continued their activities while the doubt was resolved.