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OSLO, Aug. 11-- Thousands of Muslims turned out to observe the Eid al-Adha religious holiday in Norway on Sunday, in the wake of a shooting a day before at a mosque in Baerum, west of Oslo, with politicians and the public condemning the attack. A 21-year-old Norwegian gunman entered the Al-Noor Islamic Center on Saturday afternoon and started shooting, wounding one person in the mosque before being controlled and arrested. The young man was said to have been injured as well. On Saturday night, the perpetrator's 17-year-old stepsister was found dead in his home in Baerum, said the police. The suspect was charged with murder of his younger stepsister and attempted murder in the mosque, Norwegian media reported on Sunday. A person with the same name of the perpetrator had published extremist posts on internet before the launch of the assault. Police were investigating the shooting as an attempted terrorist attack. In the aftermath of the shooting, the celebration of Eid al-Adha, also called the "festival of the sacrifice", which was originally planned in Al-Noor Islamic Center, was moved to Thon Hotel in Sandvika, west of Oslo on Sunday morning. The prime minister of Norway said all religious communities should feel safe in this Nordic country. "Today, Muslims all over Norway celebrate Eid al-Adha with their loved ones," Solberg wrote on Twitter. "But the attack on the mosque in Baerum creates fear and unrest. We must fight hatred and anti-Muslim attitudes," she underlined. | 
