A GUN shooting took place Saturday in Al-Noor Islamic Center in Baerum, a municipality just west of Oslo, Norway, causing two wounded including the attacker.

One person of Norwegian ethnic background was arrested shortly after, and Norwegian police announced that they had control of the perpetrator, public broadcaster NRK reported.

According to newspaper Aftenposten, five or seven people were present during the prayer after which three people remained in the mosque when the shooting took place and one person was shot in the leg.

Irfan Mushtaq, a board member of the Al-Noor Islamic Center, told local media Budstikka that one of their members “has been shot by a white man wearing a helmet and uniform.”

“A person dressed in uniform with two shotgun-like guns entered the mosque. He started shooting around, but fortunately one of our members managed to overpower the shooter,” Mushtaq told newspaper Aftenposten.

It was a 75-year-old man that managed to stop the perpetrator, the newspaper wrote. The perpetrator was injured as well. Several weapons have also been found inside the mosque.(Xinhua)