A native of Russia, whom the Norwegian police security service arrested in April, appeared before the Oslo District Court in the case of preparing an explosion in the Norwegian capital. On this on Monday, October 2, reported the Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten.

The defenders insisted that the trial of the 17-year-old defendant be held in closed mode.

Initially, he was charged with terrorism. Then investigators thoroughly studied the explosive device and lowered the estimate of its destructive power. Now the suspect is charged with the storage of dangerous explosives. According to the intelligence services, it was a homemade device with a limited range of damage.

As previously reported by Aftenposten, "the Russian arrived in Norway in 2010 as a seeker of asylum". The police security service of Norway clarified that the suspect was already in her field of vision.

The police of Oslo on April 8 discovered a suspicious object in the area of ??Gronland near the central railway station of the city and hotly followed the suspect. Sappers blew up the find on the spot.

DW.