Police cordon disconnected 1 of the sites wherever a antheral killed respective radical connected Wednesday afternoon, successful Kongsberg, Norway, Thursday, Oct. 14, 2021. The bow-and-arrow rampage by a antheral who killed 5 radical successful a tiny municipality adjacent Norway's superior appeared to beryllium a violent act, authorities said Thursday, a bizarre and shocking onslaught successful a Scandinavian state wherever convulsive transgression is rare. Police identified the attacker arsenic Espen Andersen Braathen, a 37-year-old Danish citizen, who was arrested connected the thoroughfare Wednesday night. (AP Photo/Pal Nordseth)

KONGSBERG – The fishy successful a bow-and-arrow onslaught that killed 5 radical and wounded 3 successful a quiescent Norwegian municipality this week is facing a custody proceeding Friday. He won't look successful tribunal due to the fact that helium has has confessed to the killings and has agreed to being held successful custody.

Espen Andersen Braathen, a 37-year-old Danish national was arrested Wednesday night, 30 minutes aft helium began his deadly rampage targeting random people. Police person described the onslaught arsenic an enactment of terror.

On Thursday, Andersen Braathen was handled implicit to aesculapian authorities, Norwegian quality media reported Friday, saying helium volition beryllium observed and assessed by 2 experts who volition effort to clarify whether helium was sane astatine the clip of the attack. If they reached the decision that helium was not sane, helium cannot beryllium punished for the acts, but tin beryllium sentenced to compulsory intelligence wellness care.

Andersen Braathen utilized a bow and arrow and perchance different weapons to randomly people radical astatine a supermarket and different locations successful Kongsberg, the municipality of astir 26,000 wherever helium lived.

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Four women and a antheral betwixt the ages of 50 and 70 were killed, and 3 different radical were wounded, constabulary said.

Police said they judge helium acted alone. Norway’s home information work PST said the onslaught “appears to beryllium an enactment of terror,” but didn’t elaborate. It added that Andersen Braathen was known to the PST, but, again, declined to elaborate.

The fishy has been described by constabulary arsenic a Muslim person and said determination “earlier had been worries of the antheral having been radicalized,” but helium did not elaborate oregon accidental wherefore helium was antecedently flagged oregon what authorities did successful response.

According to Norwegian media, Andersen Braathen has a condemnation for burglary and cause possession, and past twelvemonth a tribunal granted a restraining bid for him to enactment distant from his parents for six months aft threatening to termination 1 of them.

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