Ali Namdar “Joker” case: sentencing requests after Strømmen grenade attack
Norwegian prosecutors have requested penalties for the two teenagers in the Strømmen case. A separate indictment concerns an alleged grenade supplier in the Pilestredet investigation.
In the Strømmen trial, prosecutor Andreas Kruszewski requested a youth sentence lasting two years and five months for the 16-year-old on 27 October. For the 17-year-old co-defendant, he sought one year in immediate custody combined with one year and five months of youth sentencing. NTB reported the requests, citing NRK. Both boys admit some of the offences but deny acting for a criminal network.
A further prosecution step also emerged in the linked Pilestredet investigation. Reports on 26 and 27 October said an Oslo man in his thirties had been indicted for supplying hand grenades to a 13-year-old as part of an organised criminal group. Two other men face charges over a separate grenade handover for Sarpsborg. Their trial is scheduled for April 2027. These charges concern the alleged supply; Namdar’s suspected role in commissioning attacks is being investigated separately.
The attack in Strømmen happened on 6 October 2025. A boy then aged 15 threw a hand grenade into the restaurant, where four people were present. Nobody was injured. Two teenagers face a separate trial. The boy, now 16, has admitted throwing the grenade but denies participation in organised crime.
Prosecutors say the boy received instructions on Signal from a user called Joker. They suspect Namdar controlled the account. VG reports that the user’s unique ID is missing; the identification is therefore part of the investigation rather than an independently established certainty.
Kripos attributes a central role in Foxtrot violence commissions to Namdar. He is also suspected in connection with a grenade attack in Oslo’s Pilestredet and shootings in Sarpsborg and Høybråten. Investigators are examining possible exploitation of minors for violent assignments.
Namdar was arrested in Morocco in September after being sought by Norway and Sweden. He also faces suspicions concerning serious violence in Sweden. Reports say his response to the Norwegian allegations is unknown.
