A man armed with a bow and arrow killed several people and injured several more tonight in Kongsberg in southeastern Norway;
this was announced by the Norwegian police, who arrested a suspect.
"We can unfortunately confirm that there are several injured and sadly many dead too," local police officer yvind Aas said at a press conference.
"The man who committed this act was arrested by the police and, according to our information, there is only one person involved," he added.
The reasons for the attack, which took place in several locations in central Kongsberg, are still undetermined at this stage.
Police have not provided details on the suspect other than that he is a man who was taken to the police station in the nearby town of Drammen.
"There is no active search going on to find other people," Oyvind Aas said.
The injured were hospitalized.
Neither their number nor their condition are immediately known.