Oslo: A man armed with a bow and arrow killed five people and injured two other people in a series of attacks in Kongsberg Norwegian City on Wednesday, the local police said.
The suspect was arrested, added the police.
“The man uses a bow and arrow …
for some attacks,” said Police Chief Oeyvind Aas told reporters.
Police are investigating whether other weapons have also been used, he said.
“The man has been arrested …
from the information we now have, this person carries out this action,” Aas added.
One of the injured people was a police officer who was not on duty.
VG newspapers show pictures of arrows that seem to be trapped in the wall of the wooden building.
The victim was the worst of any attack in Norway since 2011, when extremists were far away Anders Behring Breivik killed 77 people, most of them teenagers in the youth camp attack on Wednesday happened in the “big area” Kongsberg, a municipality of around 28,000 people In Norway southeast, 68 km (42 miles) from the capital, Oslo.
The government said the police had launched a large investigation.
“The report coming from Kongsberg tonight is terrible,” said Prime Minister Erna Solberg told a press conference.
“I understand that many people are afraid, but it is important to emphasize that the police are now in control,” he said.
After the attack, the police directorate said it had commanded officers nationally to bring firearms.
Norwegian police are usually unarmed but the officers have access to weapons and rifles when needed.
“This is an extra precaution.
The police have no indication so far that there are changes in the national threat level,” said the Directorate in a statement.
AAS said the police would investigate whether the attack numbered acts of terrorism.
The Minister of Justice and Public Security Norwegian, Monica Maeland, has received updates about attacks and carefully monitors the situation, the ministry said.