One week after a gunman killed 22 people in El Paso, Texas, another allegedly planned to live-stream an attack on a mosque in Oslo, Norway, and posted his intentions to hate forum 8chan.
Worshippers told Budstikka (via the BBC), that the man entered the mosque with a βhelmet and uniform,β and was overpowered inside.
One person is described as being injured, although itβs not clear what the source of the injuries was.
Local police have identified the man as a Norwegian man, and say that they βhave information that he has been online.β The Verge was able to locate the suspected perpetratorβs account on Facebook before it was removed from the platform.
According to screenshots of 8chan post, the shooter referenced the Christchurch, New Zealand shooter, and that he attempted to live-stream the attack on Facebook, but was unable to do so.
Following the New Zealand attack, Facebook and YouTube were forced to remove millions of copies of the shooterβs video, and Facebook implemented new restrictions on who would be permitted to post live video to the platform.