Oslo police have confiscated a knife in connection with the arrest of a man in his 30s who made threats at random people.
At 10:30 pm, Oslo police reported that they had taken control of a person threatening random people with a knife in Oslo. The accident occurred in the area of Alexander Kiellands plass and St. Hanshaugen.
There are currently no indications that anyone was injured.
Police believe there is no reason to believe there is a danger to the public. Furthermore, there should be no reason to believe that multiple potential authors are involved.
The arrested is a Norwegian in his thirties. He is already known to the police.
The police are asking witnesses and possibly victims with whom they have not spoken to get in touch.
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Operations manager Bjørn Gunnar Nysæter says there were witnesses who reported the threats. The first report came from a motorist who met the person in question at a pedestrian crossing, when the attacker pulled out a knife, he tells VG.
– After the events were observed, it took about five minutes for the person in question to be arrested. Police confiscated a knife, she says.
The police termed the incident as a PLIVO incident, which stands for life-threatening ongoing violence.
– It’s not often you do that, but in this case, where it was a perpetrator and several innocent third parties who were threatened, it was potentially close in time that more people could be hurt or worse, says Nysæter.
– Do the police have any idea of a motive?
– We are investigating several hypotheses and psychiatry is a hypothesis at the top of the list.
Nysæter says they are struggling to connect with people they believe may have been subjected to threats and asks those affected who have not spoken to police to contact them.
– We’re working on pre-mapping movements to ensure no one gets hurt. Video will also be a central element.
Pål Christian Syvertsen of Oslo 110 dispatch says they were informed of the accident and were on their way to the scene, but were asked to return before they arrived. He doesn’t want to say what the notice was about and goes further to the police with questions about the case.
