Several killed and others injured in bow and arrow attack in Norway

Police officers investigate after several people were killed and others were injured by a man using a bow and arrows to carry out attacks, in Kongsberg, Norway, October 13, 2021..
Police officers investigate after several people were killed and others were injured by a man using a bow and arrows to carry out attacks, in Kongsberg, Norway, October 13, 2021..
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Charlie Bayliss

By Charlie Bayliss


Published: 13/10/2021

- 20:25

Updated: 14/02/2023

- 11:36

Police have arrested a man in connection with the attack in the Norwegian town of Kongsberg

Several people were killed and others were injured by a man using a bow and arrows to carry out attacks in Norway.

"The man has been apprehended ... from the information we now have, this person carried out these actions alone," police chief Oeyvind Aas told reporters.


"Several people have been injured and several are dead," Aas said. He 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.

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.

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