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Thu Oct 14, 2021, 09:37 AM Oct 2021

The authorities in Norway are treating a bow-and-arrow rampage that killed five people in a small to

Source: New York Times

A 37-year-old man was charged on Thursday in connection with a bow-and-arrow rampage in a small town in Norway that killed five people in what the authorities said was an apparent act of terrorism.

The Norwegian security agency, known by its acronym, PST, said investigators were still trying to determine what motivated the attacker to carry out his grisly assault in the town of Kongsberg, about 50 miles southwest of Oslo.

Earlier, the regional police chief said that the authorities had previously been in contact with the man over concerns that he had been radicalized.

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The suspect, whose name has not been released, is a Danish citizen who lived in the town and who had converted to Islam, officials said on Thursday.

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/14/world/europe/norway-bow-and-arrow-attack.html?campaign_id=60&emc=edit_na_20211014&instance_id=0&nl=breaking-news&ref=cta&regi_id=73531149&segment_id=71633&user_id=db9d459f127fb29b368adfd6055fb9af



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