Norway Attack “Appears to be Terrorism”

The murderer was a Danish citizen, a Muslim convert and extremist.

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The murderer was a Danish citizen, a Muslim convert and extremist.

Five people were killed and two injured in a bow and arrow attack in the Norwegian town of Kongsberg on Wednesday.

After the murders, a 37-year-old man has been arrested and charged. The suspect is a Danish citizen who lives in the town, police said in a statement early Thursday, CNN reports.

Norway’s intelligence service announced on Thursday: the murders “appeared … to be an act of terrorism”. The killer, Danish national Espen Andersen, had been a “known” threat. Andersen was a Muslim convert and extremist, but might also have had psychiatric problems, EUobserver reports.

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