Several killed in bow and arrow attack in Kongsberg, Norway

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Police officers cordon off the scene where they are investigating in Kongsberg, Norway after a man armed with bow killed several people before arrested by police on October 13, 2021. – A man armed with a bow and arrows killed several people and wounded others in the southeastern town of Kongsberg in Norway on October 13, 2021, police said, adding they had arrested the suspect. “We can unfortunately confirm that there are several injured and also unfortunately several killed in this episode,” local police official Oyvind Aas told a news conference. “The man who committed this act has been arrested by the police and, according to our information, there is only one person involved.” – Norway OUT (Photo by Håkon Mosvold Larsen / NTB / AFP) / Norway OUT (Photo by HAKON MOSVOLD LARSEN / NTB / AFP via Getty Images)

(CNN) – Several people were killed and several injured by an attacker in the Norwegian city of Kongsberg, 85 kilometers west of the capital Oslo, a Norwegian police press official told CNN on Wednesday.

The suspect used a bow and arrow, a spokesman for the Kongsberg Police Department told CNN on Wednesday.

The press official could not say how many people were killed or injured, but said a suspect had been arrested and the situation is under control.

When asked if the situation was being treated as terrorism, the press officer said that “it was not clear yet, it is too early to tell.”

The spokesman said police were first alerted to the suspect at 6:15 p.m. local time. It added that the suspect attacked people in various locations before being arrested.

When asked about the number of victims, the spokesperson said: “We simply cannot confirm any number at this time.”

He also said it was “too early to say” what the motivation for the attack was. “That is what the investigation will reveal,” the spokesman added.

With information from Vasco Cotovio in London