Man charged in Norway bow-and-arrow attack pleads guilty to murder

Flowers and candles left in Kongsberg following the attacks (Terje Pedersen/NTB via AP)

A man charged with killing five people and wounding four others in southern Norway when he attacked strangers with a bow and arrows and knives has pleaded guilty to murder and attempted murder.

Espen Andersen Brathen, 38, was reported by Norwegian news agency NTB to have said at the start of his trial at Buskerud District Court: “I admit criminal guilt for the entire charges.”