Norwegian sentenced to psychiatric care after bow-and-arrow murders

People gather around flowers and candles in Kongsberg (Pal Nordseth/AP)
People gather around flowers and candles in Kongsberg (Pal Nordseth/AP)

A man has been found guilty of murder and attempted murder after fatally stabbing five people and wounding four others in an attack in southern Norway involving knives and a bow and arrow.

The Buskerud District Court sentenced Espen Andersen Brathen to compulsory mental healthcare.

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