Authorities say a suspect is under arrest after a bow and arrow attack that killed five people and wounded two others in Norway.
The attacker was taken into custody in the city center, according to police.Five people were killed and two others injured in an apparently random attack in Kongsberg, Norway, late Wednesday as a man roamed the city shooting people with a bow and arrow.
The suspect was identified as a 37-year-old man who lived in Kongsberg, but is a Danish citizen. He has been charged in the crime, police said.An arrow left in a wall after an attack in Kongsberg, Norway, Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2021. Several people have been killed and others injured by a man armed with a bow and arrow in a town west of the Norwegian capital, Oslo.Police said the man was spotted walking around the city shooting at random around 6:30 p.m.
"There has been, and there still is a major police activity in the area," Aas said."The reason for this is that the suspect has moved over a large area, and we are now working on securing evidence and get as much information about the incident as we can."
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