Security guard at U.S. embassy in Oslo arrested over alleged espionage

A security guard working at the U.S. embassy in Norway has been arrested on suspicion of espionage on behalf of Russia and Iran/

OSLO, Norway — A security guard working at the U.S. embassy in Norway has been arrested on suspicion of espionage on behalf of Russia and Iran, a Norwegian security police official said on Thursday.

The man, a Norwegian citizen in his 20s, was arrested at his home on Wednesday, police said. On Thursday, a court ruled he could be detained for an initial four weeks, with the first week in isolation, while police investigate.

“The accused man was an employee, a security guard, at the U.S. embassy in Oslo,” Thomas Blom, a lawyer for the security police service PST, told reporters.

The man was cooperating and talking to officers, Blom said, adding that a “large” amount of digital material had been confiscated.

“We have just scraped the top and we are working our way through it,” said Blom.

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