Norwegian authorities say that a man who allegedly stole an ambulance and ran down four pedestrians in Oslo appears to be a common criminal rather than a terrorist.
Yesterday, the 32-year-old man slightly injured the pedestrians, including seven-month-old twins, in what police called a “deliberate” act.
He was arrested a short time later and identified as someone who already had a criminal record, and who some Norwegian media said had links to far-right groups.
A man is arrested by the police after hijacking an ambulance in Oslo, Norway on October 22, 2019 (Cathrine Hellesoy/AFP)
But “it looks now like a common criminal case that does not concern us,” said Martin Bernsen, spokesman for the PST interior security service that handles anti-terrorist matters.
“At this point, we are not treating this as a terrorist matter,” Bernsen told AFP, though he noted that the investigation was at an early stage.
— AFP
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