At least five people have died and two others have been injured Wednesday by the attack provoked by a man armed with a bow and arrows in the Norwegian town of Kongsberg (southwest of Oslo), said the police of the Nordic country. The dead are four women and a man between 50 and 70 years old.
The assailant has been arrested and has admitted the facts. The authorities have reported that it is a Muslim convert 37-year-old Danish citizen who resided in the city of Kongsberg.
The police already had a record of this individual, who after converting to Islam was on a list of people at risk of radicalization. It has also transpired that the detainee had been a user of the Norwegian health service on several occasions, so he could be suffering from some kind of illness, possibly of a mental nature.
Norway bow-arrow attack, the latest:
– Victims were four women and one man between ages of 50 and 70
– Police say Danish suspect had converted to Islam
– Suspect was red-flagged for signs of alleged radicalisation pic.twitter.com/8OqMsT38d7— TRT World Now (@TRTWorldNow) October 14, 2021
Norwegian police have confirmed that the assailant used weapons other than a bow and arrow. The attack started, according to eyewitnesses, from inside a car. “We believe that it is only that person who committed the acts. It is natural to analyze whether it is a terrorist act. It is still too early to say anything,” said the police chief of the southwestern district.
Norwegian police received a tip-off at 18.13 local time (23.13 ICT) that a man armed with a bow and arrows was moving through the center of Kongsberg, and he was arrested at 18.47 local time after a “confrontation” took place.
“It’s a tragedy, it’s horrible. You don’t think something like this could happen in Kongsberg,” said Kari Anne Sand, mayor of this town of about 28,000 people.
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