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Oslo rocked by wave of rapes

Published: 24 Oct 2011 11:19 GMT+02:00 | Print version
Updated: 24 Oct 2011 14:41 GMT+02:00

Norway's capital Oslo has seen a sharp increase in cases of outdoor rape, with the number of attacks in 2011 already double the total for the previous year, according to figures compiled by newspaper Aftenposten.

Police in Oslo registered 24 such cases in 2010 compared to 48 so far this year, Aftenposten said.

Opposition politicians are again raising the alarm and making connections to “the porno generation”. An alert has been put out for a “non-Western-looking” suspect after the most recent attack.

“It can not be denied that many of the culprits have an ethnic background with a critical view of women,” Conservative party justice critic Andre Oktay Dahl told TV2.

“We need more visible policing,” he said.

He called for a force of “volunteer police like has been done in Canada”. Others have called for the introduction of a specialized vice squad.

One of Saturday night’s two assaults happened just metres from the pristine palace residence of Norway’s royal family.

TV images of the crime scene of Oslo’s 48th sexual assault of the year showed forensic experts in white coveralls working against the backdrop of the Royal Palace.

A 20-year-old woman was attacked by two men after leaving the company of friends to walk home through Slottsparken palace park. One of her two assailants was described as “dark-skinned and round in the face”.

The same night a 17-year-old girl victim ran nude into the street in a desperate run from her attacker in an Oslo flat. 

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2011-10-24 16:18:18 by Blondebanger
What percentage of the perpetrators are Muslim?
2011-10-25 12:05:00 by underskyofnorway
and what percentage are drunken Norwegians stumbling during the weekend?
2011-10-26 12:28:44 by gladhand
Only in political correctness obsessed Norway would the police put out a description of a “non-Western-looking” suspect. They should detail the suspect in as much detail as possible, including their ethnicity, if it means stopping him sooner. Catching rapists is far more important than the petty sensibilities of one ethnic group.
2011-10-26 19:31:53 by MikeH001
You don't need more visible policing, you need less non-white immigrants. Otherwise your problem is never going to go away. Just look at America. Over 34,000 black on white rapes PER YEAR(as of 2008).
2011-10-27 04:47:29 by Fjordbilly
Why is this made into a racial event? My sister was raped by a Nordic Scandinavian, and we are NOT Nordic. I don't go out and make racist generalizations about Scandinavians because I know better. One would think the police and news media would know even better, but they don't: they consistently and continually fuel the hate of racism.
2011-10-27 04:47:37 by Fjordbilly
Why is this made into a racial event? My sister was raped by a Nordic Scandinavian, and we are NOT Nordic. I don't go out and make racist generalizations about Scandinavians because I know better. One would think the police and news media would know even better, but they don't: they consistently and continually fuel the hate of racism.
2011-10-27 09:24:50 by Chupapinga
Why is it made into a racial event?? Probably because every assault rape/street rape that has occurred in Oslo since 2006 has been perpetrated by a "non-western" immigrant (i.e. Arabs and Somalis). Sorry about your sister. But this same thing is going on in every country throughout Europe. I think it's great that the people in Norway and Denmark are able to discuss their problem in a sober and factual manner. Over in Sweden, they still prefer to hide things like this from the public and any discussion of it is considered, "racist."
2011-10-27 14:46:11 by gladhand
Not quite all, but in the last year 94% of rape suspects were “non-Western-looking”: http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/iriks/45-av-48-voldtektsmistenkte-av-utenlandsk-opprinnelse--6681203.html
2011-10-27 19:53:37 by strixy
Well, this is not a racial issue but an ideological issue. Sadly, the majority of people trying to impose the Sharia law on the Western society are Muslim men, hence 94% of the perpetrators are dark-skinned. Why? Because in the Sharia law the punishment for a woman not covering her body and face is rape. Therefore there are rape squads in the UK, in Sweden and in Norway. Those people think it is okay for them to teach Western women a lesson. Thieir skin colour is irrelevant, what is relevant is that they are dangerous ideological extremists and misoginists. You can say all you want, I have witnessed the mentality of these people first hand as a charity worker, so I know what I am talking about. What i would like to say is that it is unfair to make women pay the price for bad policies.
2011-10-28 00:05:36 by logic guy
Well, my sympathy is for the moral and innocent citizens of Norway. It's truly unfortunate that the Norwegian government is so weak and ineffective. Isn't Norway a part of the EU? Why doesn't the EU step forward and demand that the Norwegian government do more to protect citizens? Liberalism is by far the most destructive force in the entire universe. Someday it may literally drive all of humanity into extinction.
2011-10-28 01:39:19 by strixy
No, Norway is not part of the EU! It is part of the EEA but not EU.
2011-10-28 21:47:26 by Bluebell
Muslim males are indoctrinated to believe that normal, healthy, beautiful western women are "fair game", simply because they are allowed out without a bag over their head. These men face a future of being married off to a cousin with a moustache, a mono-brow and a shroud, and are enraged by western societies freedoms, and by the fact that their cult is unable to produce the sort of superb living standards and enlightened populations which are commonplace in the west. They are filled with hatred and contempt for those women and girls who are enjoying their lives instead of being hidden under black cloth and made pregnant by a man chosen by others. The ultimate and best answer, of course, is to end all muslim immigration into Europe immediately, and to deport any muslims born here to the land of their parent's birth, unless they are 'deprogrammed' of their cult, like other ex-cult members, abandon all behaviour and clothing which makes a statement of their cult, denounce the cult publicly and entirely, and pass exams in "western values". As for the racist and sexist "undernorwaysky" and his remarks about "drunken Norwegians": what on earth has that got to do with you? No European, and no native of any other "western" country, has to justify themselves to you or any minority weirdo. If you are too backward to understand western culture, then you have a very simple option: choose one of many dirty, violent, barbaric, medieval muslim sandpits, and crawl into it. Comparing the practices of Christian countries, with the practices of Islamic ones, we can all agree that getting drunk is a lot more fun than female circumcision!
2011-10-29 10:01:08 by Chupapinga
Yeah. I mean, really. Could you imagine a Norwegian, blonde-haired woman by herself living in ANY Muslim country? She would probably get raped on a daily basis. Just go ahead and picture that for a second.
2011-10-31 20:24:44 by vikingvarg
If you say you have nothing against women but believe every man should own at least 4 and engage in rape as a normal late evening activity you might be a "non-western looking", Sharia law-abiding, member of the violent, barbaric, medieval, non-assimilating, politically and culturally ideological cult of hatred known as Islam.
2011-11-14 03:00:26 by johnoleson
The problem lies in the liberal leadership and the masses who support them allowing and encouraging other cultures to emigrate. Help other peoples in their countries, not by damaging your own. Being proud of your heritage is not racist, hateful, or sinful. Being ashamed of who you are to the point of self annihilation is. Norway change your leftist attitude. Do it for the children.
2011-11-30 18:39:09 by sallysees
When I saw how the owner of a store I shopping at in Bergen treated a Muslim customer as if he was some strange Martian,shortly after the 9/11 attack in America, I told a Muslim acquiantance of mine , that the day is coming when no Muslim will be able to walk the streets anywhere in Europe. And it seems rather strange, given its long history having to defend itself against repeated attacks for over 1200 years from the sons of Allah, that today Europe has chosen appeasement rather than unwavering and frank confrontation with stated goal of existential Islam: by what its leaders call "Immigration" JIhad, and "reproduction" Jihad as the first wave in an ongoing war to force by blood, beheading and Sword all of Europe to submit to Sharia law. So-called moderate Muslims try to argue their religion has been hijacked by the extremists Jidhadists, however if you use the teachings of the Koran as a basis for legitimacy or illegitmacy, you cant show that the moderate Muslims peaceful claims are legitimate, and you can show by the teachings of the Koran, that they Jihadists are wrong.
2011-12-01 00:59:19 by leftandproud
Although I do not live in Oslo and rape is obviously deplorable, I can see no connection here between these terrible crimes and Muslims. We all need to be careful not to stereotype and make Muslims a scapegoat. By saying someone is "not Nordic looking" could mean of any origin outside of Norway. I hope the police catch these terrible people but a greater crime is the perpetration of racism.
2011-12-03 17:02:39 by vab16
@leftandproud " I can see no connection here between these crimes and muslims" REALLY? I'm sure you can't "see" as most liberals base their opinions on wishful thinking and not facts and statistics. Everyone knows there is a growing problem of immigrant muslims raping white women, I wonder how close this problem will have to hit home to die hard liberals such as yourself before you are able to take off you p.c. blinders and actually see.
2011-12-04 04:04:20 by vab16
I olso have seroiuse doubts thet these poor innocent women who were beaten ,humiliated,and raped would say that racism is a far greater crime than they went .thrught. Men who don't have the desire to repetect their women are failures in every sence of the word.
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