18-year-old Nazi-inspired man admits to murder: stabbed victim 69 times in Oslo
The trial of Djordje Wilms (18) began on Monday in Oslo District Court. He admits to having killed Tamima Nibras Juhar with at least 69 knife stabs for racist reasons.
Trial in Oslo: 18-year-old admits to murder motivated by racist extremism
On Monday, Oslo District Court began the trial of Djordje Wilms (18), who is charged with the murder of Tamima Nibras Juhar (34). According to dagbladet.no, Wilms arrived at court shortly before 09:30 wearing a black hoodie and answered "yes" when asked if he admitted responsibility for the crime.
During the night of Sunday, 24 August last year, he stabbed Juhar at least 69 times in her bedroom in a flat on Kampen in Oslo, where she worked.
Fascinated by Nazism and radicalised via the internet
Wilms explained in court that he gradually became gripped by Nazism after spending long periods alone in his room watching propaganda videos about Nazi Germany.
– Things slowly but surely began to happen. There were many propaganda videos about Nazi Germany. I sat in my room and watched them, he explained.
He described how he became inspired by other terrorists on the internet. Six days after he turned 18, he ordered military trousers and boots, a helmet and hunting knife online with the intention of carrying out a murder plan.
– I wanted to look like a militant fighting for white power. That was why I did what I did, Wilms said.
He explained that the plan was to kill as many people as possible, and that he had initially targeted another resident on Kampen but changed his mind. He chose Tamima Nibras Juhar because, in his own account, she was an "easy target" – because she was a woman.
Proud at arrest, regrets now
In court, an image of the room where the victim was found was shown. Several family members in the courtroom burst into tears when the image, which shows large amounts of blood, was displayed on the screen.
State prosecutor Cecilie Schløsser Møller read from police interviews in which Wilms described the attack in detail and recounted that he laughed when the victim asked him why he was doing it.
– Because I thought it was funny, he said in court.
The interview also revealed that Wilms laughed "because he had never seen so much blood in one place." In court, he distanced himself from the wording and said he laughed "because of the act in general."
Wilms also disputed the prosecution's count of the number of stab wounds. He claimed that he had only stabbed her 20–30 times and called the claim of 69 stabs "rubbish."
– Back then, I was proud of what I had done. Now I have been in isolation for nine months and had time to reflect. Now I think it is absolutely dreadful, he said about his state of mind at arrest compared to today.
Earlier episodes of violence and threats
Wilms lived in a foster family in Hedalen for several years. In February 2024, police were called after an episode in which he had acted out, threatened the foster mother and assaulted the foster father.
– When the police arrived, the defendant had armed himself with a knife and an axe. A criminal case was filed for assault. It was dropped, said police attorney Oda Karterud in the prosecution's opening statement.
Subsequently, Wilms was placed at the aftercare facility on Kampen in Oslo, where Tamima Nibras Juhar was employed by the organisation Gemt and worked shifts.
In December 2024, Wilms sent a message to a child welfare employee in which he wrote that he "would slaughter her like the Jews." The Security and Intelligence Service (PST) was informed at the start of 2025.
Arrested after taxi ride
According to Karterud, a neighbour contacted the police that night after neighbours noticed a car blocking the garage entrance, with the key in the ignition. They knocked on the flat that Gemt operated. Inside the flat, the neighbour and a resident found Tamima dead in the staff bedroom.
A murder investigation was immediately launched, and Wilms was quickly suspected. Shortly after, a taxi driver contacted the police about a passenger who could not pay. Police recognised the description and arrested Wilms. He had a bag with him containing a helmet and visor.
– There were clear traces of blood on the defendant's boots, shirt, helmet and hands, said Karterud.
At arrest, Wilms stated that he "had completed his mission," and that he intended to go to Hedalen to fetch weapons and then storm the mosque in Hønefoss.
Defence counsel: radicalisation as explanation, not excuse
Defence counsel Petter Mandt agreed with the prosecutors that the murder was planned and racially motivated, but stressed the context.
– This is a boy who has been through a lot. We will get a picture of a damaged child who has had little social contact with others. Both towards the end when he lived in Hedalen, and especially after he came to Gemt. He has spent much time in front of the computer and with what he found there. A radicalisation has occurred, which ended in this murder. That is significant – not as an excuse, but as an explanation, said Mandt.
Family present in court
Tamima's brother, Anwar Nibras Juhar, was present in the courtroom. She had lived with him in recent years before her death.
Legal representative Anette Skjerven Arnkværn described Tamima Nibras Juhar as a woman with a burning commitment to vulnerable children and young people.
– The trial will naturally evoke painful and traumatic memories of the shock from August last year, when the family learned that Tamima was a random victim of racist and extremist ideology, said the legal representative on behalf of the family.
Police have secured photographs from Wilms' diary, which was found at the crime scene. The prosecution assessed that there was insufficient evidence that the murder was committed with terrorist intent – as he was originally charged with.
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