The shooter of the "crossbow attack" in Norway may suffer from "mental problems"

The perpetrator of the deadly shooting bow attack in Norway has been handed over to medical devices after an initial medical evaluation, the Public Prosecution announced.

"He was handed over to the medical equipment Thursday evening after an assessment of his health condition," Prosecutor Anne-Irene Svan Matthiassen told AFP.

There is speculation that the Danish suspect, Espen Andersen Brathen, may suffer from mental problems, raising doubts about his criminal responsibility, even though he admitted to killing five people and wounding three others Wednesday in Kongsberg in the southeast of the country where he lives.

On Thursday, a psychological evaluation of the striker was launched, the results of which will not be known until after several months.

 A judge is scheduled to hold a hearing to decide on the suspect's arrest later Friday without appearing before him. The authorities requested his temporary detention for a period of four weeks, provided that he be in solitary confinement during the first two weeks.

However, the Public Prosecutor clarified that if the judge takes this decision, he will not be imprisoned in a prison, but rather will remain in the medical facilities under the supervision of doctors.

The Norwegian authorities do not rule out the hypothesis of mental disorders, although they also indicated that the attack also bore the hallmarks of a "terrorist act".

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