Several people were killed and others were injured by a man using a bow and arrows to carry out attacks in the Norwegian town of Kongsberg on Wednesday, local police said.
“The man has been apprehended тАж┬аfrom the information we now have, this person carried out these actions alone,” police Chief Oeyvind Aas┬аsaid at a news conference Wednesday night.
“Several people have been injured and several are dead.”
Aas declined to comment on the number of casualties.
The attacks took place over “a large area” of Kongsberg, a municipality of around 28,000 people in southeastern Norway, police said.
According to police, the suspect walked around the city, shooting at people with arrows. The man has not yet been questioned┬аand his motive was unknown, Aas said.
Police were alerted to the attack around 6:30 p.m. and arrested the suspect about 20 minutes later.┬а
Following the attacks, the police directorate said it had immediately ordered officers nationwide to carry firearms. Norwegian police are normally unarmed, but officers have access to guns and rifles when needed.
“This is an extra precaution. The police have no indication so far that there is a change in the national threat level,” the directorate said in a statement.
Norway’s minister of justice and public security, Monica Maeland, has received updates on the attacks and was closely monitoring the situation, the ministry said.
Kongsberg┬аis about 68 kilometres west of Norway’s capital, Oslo.
