Norway's police believe that the four men charged with shooting at Oslo's synagogue also planned acts of terrorism against the U.S. and Israeli embassies, said reports reaching here from Oslo on Monday.

Israel's Ambassador Miryam Shomrat is to have been a concrete target for the four suspects. Newspaper VG reported that they discussed beheading Shomrat in conversations bugged by police.

"The firing on the synagogue was serious enough in itself. If there really were plans to carry out assassinations it is extra serious," Shomrat told VG.

The Norwegian Police Security Service mounted hidden microphones in the Mercedes used by one of the suspects, newspaper Dagbladet reported, citing police sources. These monitored conversations comprise much of the basis for the charges.

The four men charged are a 29-year-old man of Pakistani origin, a 28-year-old Norwegian-Pakistani, a 28-year-old Norwegian of foreign origin, and a 26-year-old Norwegian. All will have a remand hearing on Friday morning.

The four suspects were originally apprehended in the weekend shooting on the Oslo synagogue and the charges were expanded on Thursday to include terrorism.

Source: Xinhua