Man armed with bow and arrow kills five people in Norway attacks, police say

Well, that was fast. Man of Somalian origin.


The popular politician - who won at the last general election with a margin of 14,000 votes - was knifed 'multiple times' by a 25-year-old killer - believed to be of 'Somalian origin'.

Scotland Yard and MI5 are investigating, but it's too early to suggest that it's an act of Terrorism.


What happened?​

The MP for Southend West was meeting constituents at a regular surgery at Belfairs Methodist Church in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, when he was stabbed.
Police were called to Eastwood Road North shortly after 12:05 BST on Friday, where they found Sir David with multiple injuries.
He was treated by paramedics but died at the scene.
 

Norway attack: Victims killed with 'sharp object' not bow and arrow​

Five people who died in an attack in Norway last week were actually killed by a "sharp object" and not a bow and arrow as was initially reported.
The suspect, Espen Andersen Brathen, shot at people with arrows in Kongsberg, close to the capital, Oslo.
But investigating officers said at some point he either discarded or lost his bow.

Five people were killed with a sharp object both in their own homes and in public spaces, police said on Monday, without giving further details.
In a statement, police said information on the type of weapon used could not be given as not all the witnesses have been questioned yet.

They also said the victims were selected at random, and that a number of people were shot at with arrows at the start of the attack, but none were killed by them.

Mr Brathen has admitted going on a killing spree in Kongsberg on Wednesday.
The suspect, a Danish Muslim convert, is now in custody in a medical facility pending a psychiatric evaluation, but this could take several months.
"As far as motive is concerned, illness remains the main hypothesis. And as far as conversion to Islam is concerned, this hypothesis is weakened," police inspector Per Thomas Omholt told reporters, without elaborating.

 
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