The suspect in a deadly bow-and-arrow attack in Norway has been handed over to health services and won't appear in court on Friday, a police spokesperson told CNN.
Espen Andersen Bråthen, 37, has been charged over the attack, which took place in the Norwegian town of Kongsberg on Wednesday evening and left five people dead. Police have yet to reveal the charges he faces.Norwegian Police Security Service chief Hans Sverre Sjøvold told reporters on Thursday that the attack"appears as if it may be an act of terrorism" but noted that it is important the investigation goes ahead and"we get to clarify what the motives of the accused are.
"It was an act of terrorism, and this act that happened yesterday naturally reminds us of those who have experienced such terrible things and we will stand by them," he said.The Kongsberg attack"shows that our society is vulnerable," Gahr Støre said, as he stressed that it is"not good for us to conclude what is the motive, what is behind this action.
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