Who Is Philip Manshaus? And Did Bærum Mosque Members Really ‘Take Him Down?’

BAERUM, SWEDEN. (THECOUNT ) — Philip Manshaus has been identified as the suspect in a terror attack on a mosque in Baerum, Norway, near Oslo. The attack wounded one person, according to local reports.

Manshaus, 21, was taken down by mosque members before anyone else was shot, according to police.

Manshaus is also suspected in the murder of his 17-year-old stepsister prior to the Baerum mosque shooting, police said.

The 21-year-old posted on an anonymous online message board with a link to his Facebook profile before the attack, and referenced other shootings carried out by far-right attackers.

Manshaus tried to inspire others to continue the “race war,” and attempted to post a link to a Facebook livestream of the attack, but the video failed to work. Police said Manshaus had previously shared “far-right” and “anti-immigrant” views, reports Heavy.

There were only three elder members of the Al-Noor Islamic Center in Baerum inside the building when the attack occurred. The victim wounded in the shooting was 65. He is expected to survive. The three men inside the mosque were preparing for Sunday’s Eid-al-Adha celebration. About a dozen people had been praying inside the mosque about 10 minutes before Manshaus arrived, but most had left before the attack began, according to CNN International.

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Geo quick facts: Bærum is a municipality in Akershus County, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Sandvika. Bærum was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838. A suburb of Oslo, Bærum is located on the west coast of the city – Wikipedia.