Bow and arrow attack in Norway: the killer was known to the police for his "radicalization"

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A man armed with a bow and arrows spread panic in the city of Kongsberg (southeast of Oslo) yesterday.

in an attack that has shocked Norwegian public opinion and leaves many questions open, including the identity of the attacker and his motivations.

The facts

The attack took place around 6:15 p.m. local time on Wednesday in the city of Kongsberg, about 80 kilometers southwest of Oslo. It all started near a store, Coop, and a Post Office, located in the old part of the city. Police received several reports that

with a bow and arrows.

The people who were in the street began to run towards the houses in search of a refuge where they could be safe.

A total of 22 patrols were deployed to arrest the author.

At first, several officers were also attacked by the attacker, who managed to escape for a short time and continued to shoot arrows.

He killed five people and injured two others, including a police officer.

Almost half an hour after receiving the warning, at 6:47 p.m., the attacker was arrested.

The aggressor and his motivations

The aggressor is a 37-year-old Danish citizen (resident of Kongsberg) who has acknowledged the facts.

The man was known to the police, had converted to Islam and there was "concern" about his radicalization, police chief Ole Bredrup Sæverud reported on Thursday.

The motives for the attack are still unknown.

This Thursday it was known that, in addition to the bow and arrows, he

, although the investigators have not specified which ones.

The victims

The dead,

, all between 50 and 70 years old, were attacked in various places, so the police work with different crime scenes.

Their identities have not yet been revealed.

The two injured were hospitalized in intensive care units, their lives are not in danger.

One of them is an off-duty police officer who was in the store when the attack occurred.

The political context

Prime Minister

declared yesterday "shocked" by the events;

it was his last day in office.

This Thursday he is scheduled to give up his post to Labor

, winner of the September 13 legislative elections.

Støre, who described what happened as "unreal", assured that his government is ready to take charge of the investigations.

The Norwegian royal family has expressed their condolences to the relatives and injured: "We think of all those affected who have experienced that their local and safe environment has suddenly become a dangerous place. Norway is a small country. The whole nation is with each other. Kongsberg, "writes

Norway, a generally peaceful country, has suffered from far-right attacks in the past.

On July 22, 2011, Anders Behring Breivik killed 77 people by detonating a bomb near the government headquarters in Oslo;

He then shot dozens of youths gathered at a Labor Youth camp on the island of Utøya.

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