A man threatens people with a knife in the Norwegian capital. The police shot him in the street. Investigators do not assume an act of terrorism.
Oslo – A man was shot dead by police in the Norwegian capital Oslo on Tuesday. He is said to have previously threatened several people with a knife. One policeman was injured. The police are investigating attempted murder.
The police say they have no evidence of a terrorist motive. “This is a person we knew before and who has a story,” said a police spokesman at a press conference. “And on this basis we see no evidence of a terrorist act, at the same time we do not rule out anything.”
The police had been alerted that morning that a man was threatening with a knife. When the police patrol arrived near the Bislett Stadium, they saw the man walking in the street, shirtless and without shoes. He threatened passers-by and the officers with a knife. According to their own statements, the police tried to drive the man into the police car and stop him.
The video footage shows how the officers try to press him against a wall with the car, but they did not succeed. You can also see how the man opens the passenger door and injures one of the policemen with the knife. According to the spokesman, the injuries are not critical. The police officers should have shot the attacker in self-defense. He died a little later.
According to information from the police, the man was sentenced in 2019 to a mental institution for a similar incident. He was given a short leave of absence on Monday. dpa
