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Espen Andersen Bråthen, 37, is charged with five murders in Kongsberg

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He has had two previous district court judgments to his credit.

During questioning, he pleaded guilty to the circumstances in which he was accused. Bråther's defense attorney Fredrik Neumann says his client is working with the police and explaining the incidents in detail.

In July 2020, the 37-year-old was placed under a six-month restraining order at Kongsberg and Eiker County Court after he threatened the family. In May of that year, he broke into and threatened his parents' home. He left a 4,5mm Calt revolver on his parents' sofa before he left. The revolver looked like a functional weapon.

Photo: skjermdump fra video / NTB

Judged by experts on Thursday

Police lawyer Ann Irén Svane Mathiassen of the South East Police District confirms that the 37-year-old will be examined by forensic psychiatric experts. According to the police prosecutor, the work will start on Thursday.

In 2012, a man was sentenced to a suspended two-year suspended sentence of 60 days for theft and drug use.

According to the verdict, he broke into the Norwegian Mining Museum one night in May of the same year, breaking a window. That same evening he bought two grams of hash in downtown Kongsberg.

Kongsberg County Court confirms that he had previously been convicted of similar offenses, but that it was so long ago that other sentences were not affected.

YouTube videos

That, a friend of the accused claims to have notified the police in 2017, Brathen posted two videos online where he threatened that he should do something.

In two films, Bråthen repeats the same threat in English and Norwegian.

- Hi. I am the messenger. I come with a warning. Do you really want it? And for anyone who wants to deny it, the time has come. I certify that I am a Muslim, he says among other things.

Read our article on the events at Kongsberg: Deaths in Kongsberg

37-year-old from Denmark, charged with five murders. It is also known that four women and one man died at the hand of the attacker. Everyone between the ages of 50 and 70. Although the families of the victims have been informed about the tragedy, the personal details of those killed have not yet been disclosed to the public. The health of the three remaining people injured in the Kongsberg attack is currently well-being.

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