At least 3 injured in 'random' stabbing in town near Oslo
Norwegian police say a person with a knife has wounded at least three people — one of them critically — in a random attack in a town near Oslo
COPENHAGEN, Denmark -- A person with a knife wounded at least three people — one of them critically — in a random attack in a town near Oslo, Norwegian police said Friday.
The perpetrator has been arrested, police said, adding that they received the alert at 8.48 a.m.
The incident took place in Nore, in the Numedal valley. Norwegian broadcaster TV2 said that there were several ambulances, including air ambulances, at the site, plus numerous police vehicles.
William Scott, who was in the area delivering goods, told the VG newspaper he saw an injured woman lying on the ground.
“At first I thought it was a collision because there was a large pool of blood on the ground," he said.
TV2 cited a witness saying bleeding victims came running from behind a convenience store.
Nore is close to Kongsberg, where five people were fatally stabbed and four wounded last October when Espen Andersen Bråthen attacked strangers with a bow and arrows and knives. He has pleaded guilty in a trial that started Wednesday. He also faces 11 counts of attempted murder for the attack in Kongsberg, a former mining town of 26,000 people.
