Police in Norway no longer believe there is a threat to the synagogue in Trondheim after a suspicious incident earlier this evening, according to Norwegian broadcaster NRK.
While a second suspect is still at large after the first was arrested following a car chase, police now believe they know his identity, and are not worried that he will attack, NRK says, quoting police incident commander Karl Småland.
Police have begun removing the cordons around the synagogue and reducing security.
Earlier in the evening, officers attempted to stop a vehicle that was missing license plates near the city’s hundred-year-old Orthodox synagogue. During the attempted stop, a passenger ran from the car carrying what police said may have been a bag.
Meanwhile, the driver sped away, prompting a highway police chase that ended near Svorkmo, about an hour away, when officers used a spike strip to force the vehicle to stop. The driver was arrested for car theft and for violating the Road Traffic Act, local media says.
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