Kriminelle und "The Passion". Eine kleine Hoffnung

Geschrieben von Gilgamesch am 01. April 2004 13:16:36:

Confessed after seeing 'Passion'
Johnny Olsen, a notorious convicted killer and neo-Nazi, has confessed to two bombings in Oslo in the 90s. Olsen, 41, decided to purge his guilty conscience after viewing Mel Gibson's controversial film The Passion of the Christ, newspaper Dagbladet reports.
On Saturday evening Olsen, one of Norway's most feared men, walked into the offices of Dagbladet and confessed to two bombings of Oslo's Blitz House, a self-styled 'counterculture center' that is a gathering spot for young left-wing radicals.

Olsen turned himself in to police late Saturday and claimed he would provide them with details that would prove he was responsible for the bombings.

Olsen said that he had decided to confess after watching the The Passion of the Christ".
"He said that it was the film that made him realize that he had to show his hand. He has been preoccupied with Christianity, guilt, punishment, atonement, suffering and conversion during the 10 years I have known him," said Olsen's lawyer Fridtjof Feydt.

"It has been a long process but the Jesus film made the difference. Now he shows true regret and is ready to make amends," Feydt said.

"It is important that two of Norway's worst attempted assassinations are cleared up. It is my way of creating more peace in the world," Olsen told Dagbladet.

Olsen had been trying to lead a quiet life in recent years and in a 2000 interview with Dagbladet said he hoped to break with right-wing nationalist groups and settle down to a normal life.

Despite this wish and his professed faith in God, he continued to have active links to violent extremist circles, though in recent years he was absent from headlines.

Olsen was sentenced to 18 years in prison after the double murder of two youths on a remote forest road in Hadeland in 1981. He was released on probation after serving 12 years.

Olsen was involved in a series of violent clashes with Blitz and anti-racist groups and was convicted of shooting at anti-racism activists and threatening members of Blitz.

Police suspected Olsen of the Blitz bombings in the mid-90s but never managed to connect him to the crimes.

The Passion of the Christ has had similar effects on American viewers. A Texas man recently confessed to murder and a Florida thief turned himself in after watching Gibson's film of the final hours of Christ's life.


Es gehört zwar nicht zum Thema. Aber Johannes, bitte lösch es nicht. Danke dir

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