A man armed with a bow and arrows killed several people and wounded others in southeastern Norway on Wednesday, police said, adding they had arrested the suspect.
The motive for the attack, which took place in several locations in the town centre of Kongsberg, was not yet known, but police said terrorism could not yet be ruled out.
"The man who committed this act has been arrested by the police and, according to our information, there is only one person involved." "The arrested man has not been interviewed and it is too early to say anything about his motives," he said, adding that "all possibilities were open"."It is all conjecture at the moment," he said when asked about the possibility of a terrorist motive.The wounded have been taken to hospital. However, police have not said how many people were hurt or given details of their condition.
Police in the Scandinavian country are not normally armed, but after the attack the National Police Directorate ordered that officers be armed nationwide.The website of public broadcaster NRK published an image sent by a witness of a black arrow sticking out of a wall.Right-wing extremist Anders Behring Breivik carried out twin attacks that killed 77 people on July 22, 2011.
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