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Norway Arrests Three Brothers in Oslo US Embassy Bombing Investigation
Three Norwegian brothers of Iraqi origin were arrested for detonating a powerful improvised explosive device at the U.S. Embassy's consular entrance, causing minor damage and no injuries.
- On Wednesday, March 11, 2026, Oslo police arrested three brothers around 3.30pm in connection with the blast that damaged the U.S. Embassy in Oslo's consular section early on Sunday, causing no injuries.
- Investigators on Monday said one leading hypothesis ties the blast to the Middle East conflict and are probing whether a foreign state ordered it, while Norwegian security service PST warned last month that Iran could use proxy actors.
- Police say the device was concealed in a backpack, an improvised explosive device, and investigators believe one brother planted it while the other two were complicit, police prosecutor Christian Hatlo said.
- With embassies on high alert, Norway's Minister of Justice and Public Security Astri Aas-Hansen welcomed the arrests, describing them as a breakthrough, while the U.S. State Department investigates, police say security measures remain heightened.
- With suspects not yet questioned as of Wednesday, Hatlo said investigators are "still working from several hypotheses," including whether this is "an order from a government entity," amid Europe's heightened alert from U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran.
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Three men and their mother are in pre-trial detention. They are said to have placed an explosive charge in front of the U.S. embassy in Oslo. One of the men also admits this, the others deny that they have participated in the act.
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The mother of the three brothers suspected of the bomb attack on the US embassy in Oslo on Sunday has now also been arrested.
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