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Several dead in Kongsberg after man shoots people with bow and arrows near Oslo

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Norway attack: Several dead after man shoots people with bow and arrows

Multiple people have been killed and others injured by a man who attacked them with a bow and arrows in the Norwegian town of Kongsberg, police say.

The suspect was apprehended after the attack on Wednesday night in the town, which is 50 miles south-west of the country’s capital, Oslo.

Police chief, Øyvind Aas said: “The man has been apprehended … from the information we now have, this person carried out these actions alone. Several people have been injured and several are dead.”

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