Five killed as man fires arrows at shoppers in Norway

An arrow is seen in a wall after an attack in Kongsberg, Norway, Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2021. Several people have been killed and others injured by a man armed with a bow and arrow in a town west of the Norwegian capital, Oslo. (Håkon Mosvold Larsen/NTB via AP)

A man armed with a bow has fired arrows at shoppers in a small Norwegian town, killing five people before he was arrested, authorities said.

Police in the community of Kongsberg, near the capital of Oslo, said there was “a confrontation” between officers and the assailant, but he did not elaborate.