Oslo: A man armed with a bow and arrow has killed five people and injured two others in a series of attacks in the Norwegian city. kongsberg local police said on Wednesday.
Police said the suspect was in custody.
“Man used bow and arrow for some attacks,” police chief oywind aso told reporters. He said the police were probing whether other weapons were also used.
“The man has been captured … from the information we have now, this man single-handedly carried out these actions,” hope added.
An off-duty police officer was among the injured.
The newspaper VG featured pictures of an arrow stuck in the wall of a wood-paneled building.
The death toll was the worst of any attack Norway Since 2011, when right-wing extremist Anders Behring Breivik killed 77 people, most of them teenagers in the youth camp
The attacks on Wednesday hit “a large area” of Kongsberg, a municipality of about 28,000 people, in southeastern Norway, 68 km (42 miles) from the capital. Oslo.
The government said the police had launched a major investigation.
“The report coming out of Kongsberg tonight is frightening,” Prime Minister Erna Solberg said at a news conference.
“I understand a lot of people are scared, but it’s important to emphasize that the police are now in control,” she said.
After the attacks, the Directorate of Police said it had ordered officers across the country to carry firearms. Norwegian police are usually unarmed but officers have guns and rifles when needed.
“This is an additional precaution. There is no indication to the police so far that there has been any change in the national threat level,” the directorate said in a statement.
Aas said police would investigate whether the attack was a terrorist act.
The ministry said that Norway’s Minister of Justice and Public Security, Monica Mland, has received an update about the attacks and is monitoring the situation closely.
Police said the suspect was in custody.
“Man used bow and arrow for some attacks,” police chief oywind aso told reporters. He said the police were probing whether other weapons were also used.
“The man has been captured … from the information we have now, this man single-handedly carried out these actions,” hope added.
An off-duty police officer was among the injured.
The newspaper VG featured pictures of an arrow stuck in the wall of a wood-paneled building.
The death toll was the worst of any attack Norway Since 2011, when right-wing extremist Anders Behring Breivik killed 77 people, most of them teenagers in the youth camp
The attacks on Wednesday hit “a large area” of Kongsberg, a municipality of about 28,000 people, in southeastern Norway, 68 km (42 miles) from the capital. Oslo.
The government said the police had launched a major investigation.
“The report coming out of Kongsberg tonight is frightening,” Prime Minister Erna Solberg said at a news conference.
“I understand a lot of people are scared, but it’s important to emphasize that the police are now in control,” she said.
After the attacks, the Directorate of Police said it had ordered officers across the country to carry firearms. Norwegian police are usually unarmed but officers have guns and rifles when needed.
“This is an additional precaution. There is no indication to the police so far that there has been any change in the national threat level,” the directorate said in a statement.
Aas said police would investigate whether the attack was a terrorist act.
The ministry said that Norway’s Minister of Justice and Public Security, Monica Mland, has received an update about the attacks and is monitoring the situation closely.
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