Man Kills Several People in Norway in Bow and Arrow Attacks, Police Say

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By Reuters
October 13, 2021Europe
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Man Kills Several People in Norway in Bow and Arrow Attacks, Police Say
An officer stands guard as police cordon off a large area around a subway station on a busy commercial street Saturday night, after finding what they described as a "bomb-like" device, in Oslo, Norway, on April 8, 2017. (Fredrik Varfjell /NTB scanpix via AP)

OSLO—Several people were killed and others were injured by a man using a bow and arrows to carry out attacks in the Norwegian town of Kongsberg on Wednesday, local police said.

“The man has been apprehended … from the information we now have, this person carried out these actions alone,” police chief Oeyvind Aas told reporters.

“Several people have been injured and several are dead,” Aas said. He declined to comment on the number of casualties.

The attacks took place over “a large area” of Kongsberg, a municipality of around 28,000 people in southeastern Norway, police said.

Norway’s minister of justice and public security, Monica Maeland, has received updates on the attacks and was closely monitoring the situation, the ministry said.

By Terje Solsvik

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