Norway attacker may be mentally ill, say police

Norway, October 15

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The man who killed five persons with a bow-and-arrow and other weapons in Norway was probably suffering from mental illness, the police said on Friday.

The attacker went on a half-hour rampage in the southern town of Kongsberg on Wednesday, assaulting people in the streets and forcing his way into houses and one supermarket.

The police arrested a suspect the same day — Espen Andersen Braathen, a 37-year-old Danish citizen who has lived in Kongsberg for most of his life. Officers had looked into several lines of inquiry, including “anger, revenge, impulse, jihad, illness, provocation,” police inspector Per Thomas Omholt told a conference. — Reuters