There was also a German among those killed in Kongsberg. This was confirmed by the Federal Foreign Office. Meanwhile, doubts are being raised about the Sagittarius s sanity.
Update from October 17, 2021: A few days after the attack in Norway with five dead, the authorities have great doubts about the mental sanity of the alleged bow assassin from Kongsberg. Police inspector Per Thomas Omholt said the ongoing investigation had reinforced suspicions that the detainee had mental health problems. He was therefore placed in a medical facility for pre-trial detention. As the Foreign Office confirmed, a 52-year-old German was among the victims of the attack (see first report) .
According to the investigator Omholt, suspect Espen Andersen B.’s conversion to Islam appeared “less and less credible”. The 37-year-old Dane “did not adhere to the traditions customary in this culture and religion,” said Omholt. The investigators are thus moving further and further away from the thesis of an Islamistically motivated “act of terrorism” that was initially thought to be possible. Mental illness would also affect the aggressor’s guilty capacity. B’s psychiatric assessment could take several months.
B. admitted to killing five people and injuring three others in Kongsberg in southeastern Norway on Wednesday. He shot around with a bow and arrow, among other things. After the crime, the suspect was arrested. According to the police, he admitted the crime, but did not admit his guilt. “Everything indicates that he chose his victims at random” and acted alone, Omholt continued. According to the police, he had thought about his attack “a few days” beforehand.
Kongsberg: woman from Germany among the fatalities
News from October 16, 2021:
Kongsberg – The shooter from Kongsberg attacked innocent passers-by with a bow and arrow in his attack on Wednesday evening, killing five people. A woman from Germany is also among the fatalities. The Foreign Office has now confirmed this to the German Press Agency. The Norwegian media had previously reported about the identity of the victims.
After the attack in Norway: Federal Foreign Office confirmed – woman from Germany among the fatalities
While the alleged perpetrator, a 37-year-old man from Denmark, is still in custody, more and more details about his victims are gradually coming to light. “Unfortunately, we have to confirm that one of the victims is a German citizen who has been living in Norway for a long time,” said a spokesman for the Foreign Office. He did not provide any further details about the woman’s age or living conditions. As t-online explains, citing Norwegian reports, the woman killed from Germany is said to be a 52-year-old. They come from northern Germany.
According to the police, the attacker’s motive still seems unclear. After the interrogation, it was conceivable for investigators that the man was mentally ill. “Our hypothesis is that the background is a disease,” said Police Inspector Thomas
Omholt at a press conference on Friday. For this reason, the attacker has not been accused of a terrorist act, but of fivefold murder. The 37-year-old had admitted the act shortly after the attack. As the police further explained, the alleged perpetrator is not in prison due to his health, but in a closed medical facility.
