Norway Bow and Arrow Assault Leaves A number of Lifeless

OSLO — A person armed with a bow and arrow went on a rampage in a Norwegian city on Wednesday, killing and wounding a number of individuals, the authorities mentioned.

The assault happened in Kongsberg, a city of 26,000 individuals about 50 miles outdoors Oslo. A suspect was reported to be in custody.

“The knowledge we now have, this individual carried out these actions alone,” the police chief, Oyvind Aas, advised reporters.

The assault started shortly after 6 p.m., when the assailant started making his means via the middle of the city. Residents had been urged to hunt shelter inside. A half hour later, a suspect was in custody, the police mentioned.

Throughout the nation, the Norwegian police, who ordinarily are usually not armed, got authorization to hold weapons “as a result of critical incident in Kongsberg,” the authorities mentioned in a statement late Wednesday. They described it as a precaution.

“The police at present don’t have any concrete indications that there’s a change within the menace degree within the nation,” the assertion mentioned.

The authorities didn’t instantly launch details about the suspect.

“It’s pure to think about if it’s a terror occasion,” Chief Aas mentioned at a information convention, including that it was “too quickly to say for positive what the person’s motivation is.”