Red Crown Terrorist Attack
| Red Crown Terrorist Attack | |
|---|---|
| Location | Crossroads of Sherman and Solnedgang boulevard in Vakkerhavfruebukt, Vakrestrender. |
| Date | 5/5/2018 13:30 (UTC+12-) |
| Target | Bjørn Family |
Attack type | suicide attack |
| Weapon | Modified Semi-Truck; AK-47; bomb vests |
| Deaths | 5 |
| Injured | 975 |
| Victims | Bjørn Family; Halvor Hegland; Runar Thuesen; Geir Homstad; Oddbjørg Volle |
| Perpetrators | Army of Progress |
| Assailants | Ollie Glover; Elise Glover; Marie Kvale; Bjarne Holtan; Vidar Land |
The Red Crown Terrorist Attack was an suicide attack targeting the Bjørn family occurring on 5th of March 2018 in at the crossroads of Sherman and Solnedgang boulevard in Vakkerhavfruebukt, Vakrestrender. The attack primary used a modified semi-truck, having "ram" built into it and IED in it's underside. The semi-truck piloted by Ollie Glover rammed through the police barricade hitting the royal carriage carrying the Bjørn family during a parade held in honor of their youngest daughters birthday Jørgen Bjørn. The semi-truck plowed parked police cars and the metal barricade which formed the line from public access to the parade route. As the semi-truck slammed into the carriage the engine was turned off, activating the bomb underneath killing noble family, several police officers, injuring hundreds of parade attendees. At same time Vidar Land fired onto the police forces from a nearby roof using a smuggled in AK-47. The shoot out prevented imminent assistant towards those injured in the bombing but didn't cause more casualties. The shoot out ended when Vidar activated his bomb vest and threw himself off of the rooftop before police officers could storm the roof top he was in.
NCIS took over investigation by requested of Vakrestrender's Minister of Justice within an hour of the attack, mostly as an formally as NCIS agents who was already apart of the protection staff for the parade event and was already investigating the attack. Who quickly sized the footage captured from traffic cameras in the area and investigated the moments before the semi-truck turned the corner and sped into the parade. Releasing two of the images of suspect who were later identified as Marie Kvale and Bjarne Holtan, assisting Ollie with final preparations on semi-truck outside of his wife's repair shop.
The garage was stormed by police officers and NCIS agents, arresting Bjarne Holtan as he was attempting to destroy several computer hard drives. He attempted to start his bomb vest however vest failed to activate properly and was arrested by lead agent Rostad. Elise Glover was found attempting to hide in a locker and was promptly arrested as well. Using advance data-recovery tools on the destroyed hard drives pointed towards the Army of Progress as the solo perpetrator of the attack. Having funded the operation from aboard and radicalize the group online. Further investigation at their assailants homes lead to the reveal that the hard drives at the garage was from the assailant's PCs however no other forms of evidence was recovered from the homes.
During questioning, Holtan said the cell was motivated desire "an end the Jarldom of Vakrestender and the autocratic ideals it upholds." They was radicalized on a wide variety of online platforms, such as on Pidgeon and on Ourtube. They learned to build explosive devices and how to modification the truck from experts online provided by the AoP, as well sent the funds to the cell raised anonymously online. The plan was created by senior AoP officials organized the cell together, smuggled in the explosives to be modified onto the semi truck, the firearms and suicide vests to be used. The metal added to the front of the semi-truck was bought locally from a scrap dealer and payed for by money raised online by the AoP activists. On June 22, 2020, the Elise Glover, Bjarne Holtan and Marie Kvale pleaded guilty to 30 charges, including terrorism, using weapons of mass destruction and violence against the crown. They're was collectively sent to life in prison out of Vakrestrender.
Perpetration for the Attack
The Attack
Starting from the edge of the town on the town's major port, marching through the market place in the middle of the city to the exotic zoo on the edge of Vakkerhavfruebukt. Then finally turning around on the road at the exotic zoo marching back to the market place before marching towards the Slottbjørn's castle where the heiress' to the jarldom Jørgen Bjørn was at. The parade started at 11:00 (UTC+12-) and during the middle of the parade of 13:30 (UTC+12-) is when the attack occurred. Officially at 13:31 (UTC+12-) the semi-truck hit royal carriage and Ollie Glover turned off the engine, triggering the explosive device.
The bomb destroyed carriage completely, flipping several cars over, destroying much property and injured 975 attendees. The gunman Vidar Land opened fired at the police officers down below at 13:42 (UTC+12-) waiting on the additional officers to arrive to the burning wreckage. The police storming the building the gunman was in finally reaching the roof's door at 13:53 (UTC+12-) and Land activating his bomb vest and throwing himself off the roof at 13:54 (UTC+12-).
Jørgen Bjørn Livestream
Jørgen Bjørn was livestreaming on Pidgeon his view of the parade, from the Lovekraken Keep which had a view of the whole parade march through the town. He was providing commentary on the parade, talking with his Pidgeon live-chat and telling stories about the royal family. She could watch the semi-truck slam into her family's carriage