Authorities are investigating claims by Shabaab that the suicide bomber in an attack in Bulo Barde yesterday was a 60-year-old Norwegian national of Somali origin, Abdullahi Ahmed Abdulle. In its latest threat assessment the PST warned that activities of radical Islamists in the Oslofjord area, including radicalization, recruitment, and fundraising, are raising security risks. Officials said over 50 people with “eastern” ties have traveled from Norway to Syria to fight with rebels, and some 40-50 Norwegian nationals in Syria present a terrorist threat to Norway and its interests. In February a Pakistani man from Oslo returned after fighting for two al Qaeda-linked groups in Syria.
