Man suspected of
Financing
released from jail
The Police Security Service (PST) Friday released a 38-year old Norwegian of Somali extraction. He is suspected of collecting money for Islamic extremists in Somalia.
 Defense attorney Frode Sulland is pleased at his client's release. PHOTO: SIGNE MARGRETHE DONS |
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The PST released the man on condition that he report regularly to the police and that he hands in his passport . He is banned from leaving the country.
The 38-year old has been jailed since March on charges of having financed a terrorist group in Somalia. Police believe that he has worked with two others to collect money for a militant group called al Shabab.
The Police Security Service maintains their indictment against the suspect and reject suggestions that the case against him has weakened.
Defense attorney Frode Sulland is relieved that the PST no longer finds grounds for keeping his client in jail.
"The PST agrees that there is longer any possibility for the accused to interfere with evidence in this case. His release will make the work of defending him much easier," Sulland told news bureau NTB.
The defense lawyer does not think that his client will try to evade the police.
"News of his release comes at an especially good time for him and his family. Being in jail has been particularly difficult, as he has a two-week old child waiting for him at home," says Sulland.
Aftenposten English Web DeskSven Goll
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