Norway Bow-and-Arrow Attack Suspect Transferred to Health Services

Norway Bow-and-Arrow Attack Suspect Transferred to Health Services
Police officers investigate after several people were killed and others were injured by a man using a bow and arrows to carry out attacks, in Kongsberg, Norway, October 13, 2021. Hakon Mosvold/NTB/via Reuters
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KONGSBERG, Norway—A man suspected of killing five people with a bow and arrow and other weapons in Norway was in the care of health professionals on Friday, police said.

Investigators have named the suspect as Espen Andersen Braathen, a 37-year-old Danish citizen who has lived for most of his life in Kongsberg, where the attacks took place on Wednesday.