Custody hearing for Norway bow-and-arrow killings suspect

The 37-year-old Danish citizen was arrested on Wednesday night, 30 minutes after a deadly rampage which apparently targeted random people in the town of Kongsberg

Flowers and candles are placed at the scene of the attack in Kongsberg, Norway. Picture: NTB via AP

The suspect in a bow-and-arrow attack that killed five people and wounded three others in a quiet Norwegian town this week is facing a custody hearing.

Espen Andersen Braathen will not appear in court because he has has confessed to the killings and has agreed to being held in custody, officials said.