Police in Norway on Thursday identified Espen Andersen Brathen, 37, as the suspect in a bow and arrow attack that killed five people while stating the attack “appears to be an act of terrorism.”
Oct.14 (UPI) — Police in Norway on Thursday identified the suspect behind a bow-and-arrow attack that killed five people and injured three more and said they were treating the case as an act of terrorism. Norwegian Police Security Service chief Hans Sverre Sjovold identified the suspect as Espen Andersen Brathen,37, and said the attack “appears to be an act of terrorism” while noting it is important for the investigation to go ahead so they can “clarify” the motive. Regional police chief Ole Bredrup Saeverud also said officers had been in contact with Sjovold in the past including “as a result of previous concerns related to radicalization, noting he had converted to Islam.
