Three people suspected of involvement in causing an explosion outside the US embassy in Norway’s capital Oslo have been released, their lawyers said Thursday.
Police said a device caused a “powerful” blast overnight on March 7th-8th outside the embassy, though it caused only minor damage to the building and nobody was hurt.
Three brothers, described by the police as Norwegian citizens of Iraqi origin and all in their 20s, were arrested last week along with their mother.
The youngest remains in custody. His lawyer said earlier he had admitted to planting an improvised explosive device outside the entrance of the embassy’s consular section in the early hours of March 8th.
US embassies have been placed on high alert in the Middle East due to American strikes on Iran, with consulates elsewhere also exercising caution as a result.
Frode Sulland, representing the eldest brother, told AFP they were “pleased” the court shared the view that there was no evidence the brother “knew about the explosion or took part in it”.
Ketil Magnus Berg, for the middle brother, told AFP his client had also been released and called for the police to drop the case against him.
The mother’s lawyer, Aase Karine Sigmond, confirmed to Norwegian media that she had also been released.
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