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Kongsberg: Five dead in Norway bow and arrow attack | Kongsberg: Five dead in Norway bow and arrow attack |
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An arrow could be seen sticking out of a wall after the attack | An arrow could be seen sticking out of a wall after the attack |
Five people have been killed and two more injured in Norway after a man used a bow and arrow to attack them. | Five people have been killed and two more injured in Norway after a man used a bow and arrow to attack them. |
Police first received word of an attack in the town of Kongsberg, south-west of the capital Oslo, at 18:13 local time (16:13 GMT). | Police first received word of an attack in the town of Kongsberg, south-west of the capital Oslo, at 18:13 local time (16:13 GMT). |
A Danish man aged 37 has been arrested on suspicion of carrying out the attack. | A Danish man aged 37 has been arrested on suspicion of carrying out the attack. |
Police believe he acted alone, and will investigate whether it was an act of terrorism, a spokesman said. | Police believe he acted alone, and will investigate whether it was an act of terrorism, a spokesman said. |
Prime Minister Erna Solberg said reports of the incident had been "horrifying". | Prime Minister Erna Solberg said reports of the incident had been "horrifying". |
"I understand that many people are afraid, but it's important to emphasise that the police are now in control," she told a news conference, hours before she was due to leave office. | |
The attacker is said to have launched the assault inside a Coop Extra supermarket on Kongsberg's west side. One of those injured was an off-duty police officer who was in the shop at the time. | The attacker is said to have launched the assault inside a Coop Extra supermarket on Kongsberg's west side. One of those injured was an off-duty police officer who was in the shop at the time. |
A spokesperson for the chain later confirmed a "serious incident" at their store, adding that none of their staff were physically injured. | A spokesperson for the chain later confirmed a "serious incident" at their store, adding that none of their staff were physically injured. |
Local police chief Oyvind Aas confirmed that the attacker had managed to escape an initial confrontation with police before an arrest was finally made at 18:47 local time, 34 minutes after the attack began. | Local police chief Oyvind Aas confirmed that the attacker had managed to escape an initial confrontation with police before an arrest was finally made at 18:47 local time, 34 minutes after the attack began. |
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One witness told local outlet TV2 she had heard a commotion and seen a woman taking cover, then a "man standing on the corner with arrows in a quiver on his shoulder and a bow in his hand". | One witness told local outlet TV2 she had heard a commotion and seen a woman taking cover, then a "man standing on the corner with arrows in a quiver on his shoulder and a bow in his hand". |
"Afterwards, I saw people running for their lives. One of them was a woman holding a child by the hand," she added. | "Afterwards, I saw people running for their lives. One of them was a woman holding a child by the hand," she added. |
Police have told the Norwegian news agency NTB that the attacker also used other weapons during the incident, without giving more details on what they were. | |
The suspect moved over a large area, and authorities cordoned off several parts of the town. Residents were ordered to stay indoors so authorities could examine the scene and gather evidence. | The suspect moved over a large area, and authorities cordoned off several parts of the town. Residents were ordered to stay indoors so authorities could examine the scene and gather evidence. |
Kongsberg Mayor Kari Anne Sand said it was a shocking attack that had taken place in an area where many people lived, and that a crisis team would help anyone affected. | Kongsberg Mayor Kari Anne Sand said it was a shocking attack that had taken place in an area where many people lived, and that a crisis team would help anyone affected. |
Police have cordoned off large parts of the town | Police have cordoned off large parts of the town |
The suspect was taken to a police station in the town of Drammen, where his defence lawyer, Fredrik Neumann, said he was questioned for more than three hours and was co-operating with authorities. | The suspect was taken to a police station in the town of Drammen, where his defence lawyer, Fredrik Neumann, said he was questioned for more than three hours and was co-operating with authorities. |
He added that the suspect has a Danish mother and Norwegian father. | He added that the suspect has a Danish mother and Norwegian father. |
Norway's Justice Minister Monica Maeland told reporters the police did not yet know whether or not it was act of terrorism and could not comment on details emerging about the suspect. | Norway's Justice Minister Monica Maeland told reporters the police did not yet know whether or not it was act of terrorism and could not comment on details emerging about the suspect. |
Police prosecutor Ann Irén Svane Mathiassen told TV2 that the man had lived in Kongsberg for several years and was known to police. | |
The attack came on the final day of Erna Solberg's conservative government, and a new justice minister will take over the case on Thursday under a centre-left coalition led by Labour leader Jonas Gahr Store. | |
Mr Store said it was a "gruesome and brutal act". | |
Norway's police directorate has ordered all officers nationwide to carry firearms as an extra precaution. Usually police in the country are not armed. | Norway's police directorate has ordered all officers nationwide to carry firearms as an extra precaution. Usually police in the country are not armed. |
"The police have no indication so far that there is a change in the national threat level," the directorate said in a statement (in Norwegian). | "The police have no indication so far that there is a change in the national threat level," the directorate said in a statement (in Norwegian). |
The attack was Norway's deadliest since far-right extremist Anders Behring Breivik murdered 77 people, most of them at a children's Labour Party summer camp on the island of Utoya in July 2011. | |
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