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Town Rocked by Night of Terror as Man Goes on Bow and Arrow Rampage in Norway – Many Dead
Express (U.K.) ^ | Wed, Oct 13, 2021 | Oliver Pritchard-Jones

Posted on 10/13/2021 1:31:55 PM PDT by nickcarraway

The unnamed suspect reportedly began firing the weapon "into a supermarket" in the small town of Kongsberg - about 80 miles from the capital Oslo. He was later detained by police - who are not looking for anyone else in connection with the attack.

"The man has been apprehended ... from the information we now have, this person carried out these actions alone," police chief Oeyvind Aas told reporters.

"Several people have been injured and several are dead," Aas said.

He declined to comment on the number of casualties.

Twitter user ikke said: "There is a guy with bow and arrow shooting at people just outside my apartment wtf.

"Police and multiple helicopters are here."

Andreas Fagerbakke wrote: "Several people killed and injured in Kongsberg, Norway. 60 km from where I live.

"A man was walking around shooting people with a bow and arrow. What a crazy world we live in."

Journalist Philip O'Connor claimed that police are due to hold "a press conference at 9pm BST".

Police at the scene

He claimed that the attack reportedly began at around 1830 CET (5.30pm UK time) and that the suspect "fired into a convenience store/supermarket".

After news of the attack emerged "ambulances and armed police" were deployed from Norway's capital, he said.

He added: "(The)suspect has been taken to Drammen, about 40km back towards Oslo. Kongsberg is a mining town of about 26,000 people.

Arrow allegedly from the scene

"This is a gruesome incident, there is nothing else to say. Now we must try to take care of the inhabitants as best we can," mayor Kari Anne Sand told TV 2.

The attack/s took place in an area called Vestsiden with housing, shops and a university campus, Sand said.

Police told Local News Outlet via Tronder-Avisa no active search ongoing for further suspects after arrest made in earlier incident involving bow and arrow near grocery store.

Broadcaster NRK reported that police all over Norway will be armed after the mass killing.


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KEYWORDS: arrow; bow; bowandarrow; hunted; hunter; kongsberg; norway; rampage; twanglist
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To: HollyB

FYI. I used this tweet as a starting point. I do not think that is the suspect.


41 posted on 10/13/2021 2:09:22 PM PDT by HollyB
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To: rxsid

Yea sorry. I don’t have a twitter account. I used a bad link. Use the keyword Kongsberg for info tho.


42 posted on 10/13/2021 2:10:42 PM PDT by HollyB
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To: rxsid

“Why wasn’t the guy tackled while reaching for another arrow?”

With practice they can fire really fast. Alternatively, just fire once, then disappear. Hard to tell where the shot came from.


43 posted on 10/13/2021 2:11:04 PM PDT by alternatives? (The only reason to have an army is to defend your borders,)
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To: alternatives?

“Green” energy always gets a pass on environmental issues.


44 posted on 10/13/2021 2:12:12 PM PDT by alternatives? (The only reason to have an army is to defend your borders,)
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To: HollyB
Yeah, I don't have a twitter account either. Just noticed that reply within a few replies of that guys initial post.

FRegards.

45 posted on 10/13/2021 2:12:52 PM PDT by rxsid (HOW CAN A NATURAL BORN CITIZEN'S STATUS BE "GOVERNED" BY GREAT BRITAIN? - Leo Donofrio (2009))
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To: absalom01

Looks like a fat white Incel.


46 posted on 10/13/2021 2:14:42 PM PDT by Tea Party Terrorist (Eat the Rich)
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To: alternatives?
"“Why wasn’t the guy tackled while reaching for another arrow?”

With practice they can fire really fast. Alternatively, just fire once, then disappear. Hard to tell where the shot came from.

================================================

It's an interesting theory. But it sounds like this guy was shooting arrows in a populated area, even if in a small town. So he lets one go around a bunch of people in/around a store, then slips away after dropping the bow (leaving behind evidence)?

The guy was crazy enough to start shooting people with arrows, so I guess that highly risky scenario is possible.

47 posted on 10/13/2021 2:17:24 PM PDT by rxsid (HOW CAN A NATURAL BORN CITIZEN'S STATUS BE "GOVERNED" BY GREAT BRITAIN? - Leo Donofrio (2009))
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To: nickcarraway

Put a mask on it.


48 posted on 10/13/2021 2:25:19 PM PDT by Tell It Right (1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: MercyFlush

I suspect the name of the suspect will remain anonymous if that is the case.


49 posted on 10/13/2021 2:25:53 PM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal (Jesus + Something = Nothing ; Jesus + Nothing = Everything )
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To: lepton

yep. practice arrows.

How tragic.

Never have seen a modern mass shooting incident with a bow.


50 posted on 10/13/2021 2:26:18 PM PDT by Eddie01
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To: nickcarraway

I was at a party one while in college where a guy shot a broad-head through a crowd into a leaning ironing board...

I got out of there right as the police were getting ready to raid the place...

I left just as I arrived — on a unicycle — I could hear the cops saying ‘ get that guy he’s been drinking!’ Then a voice or reason said: ‘He’s on a unicycle!’

Guns don’t kill people, arrows do?


51 posted on 10/13/2021 2:27:22 PM PDT by BBB333 (The Power Of Trump Compels You!)
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To: alternatives?

Wrong...there is a sound.


52 posted on 10/13/2021 2:28:53 PM PDT by Osage Orange (1961 VW Two Door Truck)
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To: nickcarraway

If only someone had a better weapon which could have stopped him.

But what sort of weapon might that be?


53 posted on 10/13/2021 2:29:02 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: nickcarraway

Ban assault bows.


54 posted on 10/13/2021 2:32:29 PM PDT by Manic_Episode ( “Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice. Moderation in pursuit of justice is no virtue.”)
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To: alternatives?

Added the post to the twanglist.


55 posted on 10/13/2021 2:36:00 PM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: Osage Orange

String silencers, soft cams, heavy arrows. Mine’s pretty quiet.


56 posted on 10/13/2021 2:40:44 PM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: MercyFlush
Smells like The Religion of Peace© to me.

I'd assume it a Third World migrant -- but they're more inclined to use machetes, acid, knives, and bombs.

But a bow and arrow? That's European or Native American. And there aren't many Native Americans in Norway.

57 posted on 10/13/2021 2:41:25 PM PDT by Angelino97
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To: nickcarraway

He said he wanted to show off his archery skills. I’m not kidding. That’s what he said.


58 posted on 10/13/2021 2:44:20 PM PDT by thefactor (yes, as a matter of fact, i DID only read the excerpt )
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To: All
"Five killed, two wounded in Norway bow-and-arrow attacks

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"The man used a bow and arrow ... for some of the attacks," police chief Oeyvind Aas told reporters. The police were investigating whether other weapons had also been used, he said.

...

The TV2 station reported that the man also had a knife or other weapons."
https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2021/1013/1253584-norway-deaths/

 

"According to police, the suspect walked around the city shooting at people with arrows. Several people were wounded in shops, Aas said.

The attacks took place over “a large area” of Kongsberg, a municipality of about 28,000 people, police said.

...

The BBC reported that at one point, the assailant took aim from within a supermarket."
https://www.smh.com.au/world/europe/several-people-killed-in-bow-and-arrow-attack-in-norway-20211014-p58zto.html

59 posted on 10/13/2021 2:48:48 PM PDT by rxsid (HOW CAN A NATURAL BORN CITIZEN'S STATUS BE "GOVERNED" BY GREAT BRITAIN? - Leo Donofrio (2009))
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To: BBB333

A high school friend of mine got high on something and decided to go bow hunting in Austin. He was hunting cats.

He later became a teacher. Haha.


60 posted on 10/13/2021 2:52:30 PM PDT by Texas resident
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