Norway killings why

Edition: Available editions United States. Become an author Sign up as a reader Sign in. Ten years after Anders Breivik killed 77 people in Norway, a look at how the country has changed. Four people were killed with a shotgun and two were injured by a shooter with severe psychosis. His use of the bomb as a distraction to aid his main attack was even more impactful — one in four Norwegians knew someone personally affected by the massacre.

In the US, there is a different story. In , the country saw the largest number of mass shootings in any year in its history incidents where 4 or more were injured or killed irrespective of motive. Strict firearm laws in other countries have generally helped to stop mass shootings, for example in Australia and the UK. However, those intent on causing mass carnage who are unable to access firearms have shown increasing use of vehicles as weapons, including attacks in Sweden, Germany, France, Spain and in the UK.

Braathen, who is Danish, will appear in court on Friday. The attack came as Norway prepares to swear in a new government. Jonas Gahr Stoere came to power at the head of a centre-left coalition last month, ousting Prime Minister Erna Solberg.

Stoere said the violence was "horrible" and pledged that the cabinet would focus on the incident on its first day in office. Five people were killed with a sharp object both in their own homes and in public spaces, police said on Monday, without giving further details. In a statement , police said information on the type of weapon used could not be given as not all the witnesses have been questioned yet.

They also said the victims were selected at random, and that a number of people were shot at with arrows at the start of the attack, but none were killed by them. Mr Brathen has admitted going on a killing spree in Kongsberg on Wednesday. The suspect, a Danish Muslim convert, is now in custody in a medical facility pending a psychiatric evaluation, but this could take several months. And as far as conversion to Islam is concerned, this hypothesis is weakened," police inspector Per Thomas Omholt told reporters, without elaborating.