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Current Events => Breaking News => Topic started by: Ptarmigan on October 15, 2021, 08:37:59 PM
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Norway bow-and-arrow attack appears to be 'act of terror' - police
https://nationalpost.com/pmn/news-pmn/crime-pmn/norway-bow-and-arrow-attack-appears-to-be-act-of-terror-police-2
KONGSBERG — A bow-and-arrow attack in which a Danish convert to Islam is suspected of killing five people in a Norwegian town appears to have been an “act of terror,” police said on Thursday.
Investigators named the suspect as Espen Andersen Braathen, a 37-year-old living in the Kongsberg municipality where the attacks took place on Wednesday evening.
A police attorney told Reuters that Braathen had acknowledged killing the victims. His lawyer confirmed only that Braathen was cooperating with police and giving a detailed statement.
Police had been concerned about signs of radicalisation in the suspect before the attacks, carried out with a bow and arrow and other weapons, a senior officer said.
A terrorist attack in Norway.
“The events at Kongsberg appear at the moment to be an act of terror,” the PST security police said in a statement, adding the investigation would determine the motive.
Regional police chief Ole Bredrup Saeverud said the suspect had converted to Islam.
“Police have previously been in contact with the man in relation to trouble connected to radicalisation. We haven’t registered anything in regards to him in 2021, but previously,” Saeverud told a news conference.
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Brilliant, Norwegian LEOs. Just f'n brilliant. :whatever: