Philip Manshaus

Philip Manshaus (born August 29, 1997) a 21-year-old Norwegian man, perpetrated the attack.

He lived in Bærum.

He was indicted for terrorism and murder.

His biological mother and grandmother died by suicide when he was four years old.

As a teenager, he had been in a gay relationship and had a history of experimenting with drugs.

Manshaus had been interested in conspiracy theories since the summer of 2017.

He openly discussed with his friends antisemitic conspiracy theories about the Holocaust and attempted to convince them of his beliefs, which led to his friends avoiding him.

His internet activity included him reading about school shootings in Finland and in the US.

On 18 June 2018, a tip about Manshaus was sent to the PST, stating that he had far-right views and that his friends called him a neo-Nazi.

After coordinating with the local police department, Oslo Police District, they found that the tip was vague and showed no signs Manshaus had any plans to commit a violent attack.

Manshaus was not interviewed and the tip was not followed up on.

Manshaus's family were not informed of the report.

In the weeks before the attack, Manshaus had tried to join the neo-Nazi Nordic Resistance Movement, but due to an internal split in the organization he never got beyond the first of two planned initiation interviews.

Manshaus's family noticed he had attached newspaper clippings about the Christchurch mosque shootings, a swastika, and information on other terrorist attacks to his wall, and hid it behind a Norwegian flag.

After he learned his stepmother was considering reporting him to the PST, he took them down, and tried to seem as if he was no longer far right.

The day of the shooting, his stepmother decided to inform the police.

Manshaus drafted a manifesto, but did not finish it.

Shortly before the shooting, Manshaus posted a message on the imageboard EndChan.

His message included statements telling people that "it's my time, i was elected by saint tarrant", asking those he was messaging to "bump the race war thread irl", and stating that "valhalla awaits".

The Bærum mosque shooting or Al-Noor Islamic Centre shooting occurred on 10 August 2019 at the Al-Noor Islamic Centre mosque in Bærum, Norway, about 20 km west of the capital city Oslo.

Philip Manshaus, a 21-year-old Norwegian man, shot and killed his adopted stepsister at their home.

He then drove to the mosque and shot his way through the glass door before opening fire, hitting no one.

He was subdued by three worshippers after a scuffle and turned over to police.

Manshaus was convicted of murder and committing an act of terrorism, and sentenced to 21 years preventative detention - an order which, in Norway, can be extended indefinitely.

Before going to the mosque, Manshaus killed his younger stepsister while she was in her bed, firing three bullets into her head and one into her chest.

He was wearing a uniform and helmet when he entered the mosque, shooting his way through the locked door.

Manshaus attempted to livestream the shooting on Facebook using a GoPro camera attached to his helmet, but failed.

He was carrying two rifles and a shotgun, stolen from his father's gun cabinet.

He opened fire in the mosque, hitting no one.

Prayers had just ended, with only three elders remaining in the mosque.

One of the men, Mohammad Rafiq, approached the gunman and pinned him down, moving Manshaus's weapons away after he dropped them.

The two began to struggle, and the gunman poked Rafiq in the left eye.

Manshaus escaped from his grip 3 times, but was successfully recaptured.

Another elder in the mosque, Mohamed Iqbal, hit the gunman on the head with his rifle to subdue him.

The police were called at 16:07 local time.

Another worshipper, Irfan Mushtaq, came to the mosque and helped restrain Manshaus by tying his legs together using the imam's shawl.

Manshaus was in a chokehold when police arrived at the mosque.

The messages were seen as praising Brenton Tarrant, the perpetrator of the Christchurch mosque shootings in March 2019, and referred to him as "saint tarrant".

Attached to the message was a meme depicting Tarrant, Patrick Crusius, and John Earnest as "chads".

All three perpetrated racially and/or religiously motivated mass shootings in 2019, including Crusius's attack on a Walmart in El Paso, Texas only a week earlier.