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Police: "Radicalized conversion to Islam" behind attacks in Norway
Foreign

October 14, 2021

at 11.00



A "radicalized convert to Islam" is behind yesterday's attack in Norway, which is now being investigated whether it was an act of terrorism. This is confirmed by Norwegian police at a press conference this morning.

The 37-year-old Danish citizen who, armed with a bow and arrow, shot dead several people in Kongsberg outside Oslo in Norway last night was a "radicalized convert to Islam". This is confirmed by Chief of Police Ole Bredrup Sæverud at a press conference this morning.

- The police have previously been in contact with the man due to concerns that he has been radicalized, Sæverud says.

- We have not had any reports against him in 2021, but before. It's been full.

The police are now investigating whether the attack may have been an act of terrorism.

Five killed
The police chief says that four women and a man were killed in the attack. Two people were injured and cared for in hospital, one of whom is a police officer who was not on duty at the time. None of the injured are life-threateningly injured.

All killed were between 50 and 70 years old. The identities of the dead have not been fully determined, but relatives of those the police believe are the deceased have been notified.

The police believe that the perpetrator acted alone, but are working to ensure that no one else was involved in the act.

Killed after police arrived
Ole Bredrup Sæverud says that the first alarm about an archer came in at 18:13. The first police patrol was on site shortly afterwards and at 18:18 a patrol saw the archer. It was then shelled, and lost contact with the man.

The assassin then continued to shoot at people with his bow, and police fear that all the dead were killed after the first police patrol spotted him.

- Some, probably all, were killed after the police saw the perpetrator for the first time at 18:18, says Sæverud.

At 18:47, the police finally managed to arrest the archer after firing a warning shot. He was then chased by 22 police patrols, and additional resources were on the way to hunt him down.