No fewer than five persons have been killed in a bow and arrow attack in a small Norwegian town Wednesday.
Gatekeepers News reports that the attacker, a 37-year-old Danish man, has been arrested by the Police.
The attack also left two other people injured, including an officer who was off duty and inside the shop where the attack took place.
The police chief in the community of Kongsberg, near the capital of Oslo, who confirmed the reports, said there was “a confrontation” between officers and the assailant, but he did not elaborate.
“The man who carried out the act has been arrested by the police, and there is no active search for more people. Based on the information we have, there is one person behind this,” Police Chief Oeyving Aas said.
According to reports, the Police arrested the suspect 30 minutes after they were alerted about the attack.
The Police explained that the suspect walked around downtown Kongsberg shooting arrows.
Aas, who said the suspect has not been questioned yet, declined to comment on reports that the man used a crossbow, saying only there were “several crime scenes.”
Gatekeepers News reports that the Acting Prime Minister, Erna Solberg has described the bow and arrow attack as “gruesome” and said it was too early to speculate on a motive.
Also, the Prime Minister-designate, Jonas Gahr Støre, who is expected to assume office on Thursday, called the assault “a cruel and brutal act” in comments to Norwegian news agency NTB.
