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– He flapped in his pants, said Mohammad Iqbal, who was in his 70s when the attack attacked the Al-Noor Islamic Center in Bærum on Saturday, August 10, 2019.
His friend Mohammad Rafiq (66) then tried to dominate the attacker. He told Iqbal that they had to hit the attacker with something to the head. They both realized that it was a terrorist attack, he explained.
– Then I took the gun and hit him twice. The second time, I thought if I hit him more, the police would ask him, he said, and then added that the terrorist might have died.
His jacket hung on the wall and was hit by the shot. It will be displayed in court.
I traveled to Pakistan
After the attack, Iqbal stayed at home for three weeks. He then went to Pakistan and stayed there for four months before asking one of his sons to find him.
After returning to Norway, he is still afraid to leave, he said.
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– I say that we are going to sell the property and buy housing somewhere else because the property is right on the road. I have anxiety and I am still anxious. If a car stops, I get anxious. This has had a great effect on me, said Mohammad Iqbal.
– I thought it was my last second.
Later Monday, the third one who was in the mosque explained. He said he came to pray and ask for a special prayer.
He said when he heard the first shot, he thought it was a car with an engine problem in the parking lot.
– I heard the shots behind me. Then I thought I had shot Rafiq and Iqbal. I thought now is my turn. Now he will send me a bullet and that was my last second in life, explained the 36-year-old man.
No cars stopped
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When he went downstairs to the mosque, he pulled the cell phone out of his pocket, but was confused and did not enter the police emergency number. He remembered that he had the police number in Asker and Bærum and finally contacted them.
– I tried to stop the cars so they could call the emergency number to the police. But no car stopped, the man said.
Like the other two, the terrorist attack has also affected him.
– The police guard the mosque, but I can no longer go there. It was a terrifying experience and I can’t leave. It comes to mind, he said, speaking of anxiety, sleep problems and stress.
Philip Manshaus is now in the Asker and Bærum District Court, on trial for the murder of his half-sister and for the attack on the mosque. The trial began on May 7 and will continue until May 26.
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