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EMPEROR Guitarist TOMAS “SAMOTH” HAUGEN’s Ex-Wife One Of Five People Killed In Norway Attack

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Andréa Meyer, the ex-wife of EMPEROR guitarist Tomas “Samoth” Haugen, who was also well known as a recording artist, writer, actress and model, is one of five people who were killed in a bow-and-arrow attack in a Norwegian town earlier this week.

37-year-old Espen Andersen Braathen was arrested Wednesday evening (October 13), after his deadly rampage, which seemed to target random people in Kongsberg, the town where he also resided.

Brathen, who declares himself a Muslim convert, is now detained in a medical facility pending psychiatric evaluation. Police inspector Per Thomas Omholt described Brathen as “‘not very social” and told the media that “all the indications are that he chose his victims at random” and did not have any accomplices.

Brathen apparently posted a video to his social media back in 2017 where he issued a “warning” to society and declared himself a Muslim. Omholt told the media that “the thinking is that he did not take [the conversion] very seriously. By this we mean that he did not follow or practice the traditions that are common in this culture and religion,” the inspector said.

In 2020, the courts reportedly granted a restraining order to Braathen’s parents in which their son must remain a certain distance away from them for six months after he threatened to kill one of them.

Victim Andréa Meyer, who also lived in Kongsberg and was previously married to EMPEROR’s Tomas “Samoth” Haugen, shares a daughter, Alva, with the guitarist.

Former MORBID ANGEL frontman David Vincent paid tribute to Meyer in the wake of her death, writing on social media: “Sad to learn that my friend was amongst those senselessly murdered in Norway terror attack. She was a beautiful, creative artist and she will be missed dearly. Goodbye for now Andrea”.

CRADLE OF FILTH wrote: “R.I.P. Andrea Meyer.

“Andrea guested on our debut album ‘The Principle Of Evil Made Flesh’ and also modelled and danced for us onstage as well as presiding over ritual back in our formative years.

“She will be sadly missed and our deep felt love and sympathies go out to her kith and kin.”

She was 52 years old.

 

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