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'Three killed' in Norway bus hijack 'Three killed' in Norway bus hijack
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Three people have been killed in the hijacking of a bus in Norway, media reports say. A man wielding a knife has hijacked a bus in western Norway and killed three passengers, media reports say.
The suspect, a man in his 50s of foreign origin, has been arrested, police told Norway's TV2 news channel. The suspect, said to be in his 50s and of foreign origin, has been arrested, police told Norway's TV2 news channel.
The man was said to have been armed with a knife. The victims included the driver of the bus. There were no immediate details of the number of injured.
The man was overpowered by firefighters who rushed to the scene of what was initially reported as a traffic accident, police said.
The attack took place around 17:30 local time (16:30 GMT) in Ardal.
"For now, I have no information to indicate there was anyone else than the three victims" on the bus, police officer Joern Lasse Foerde Refsnes told TV2.
The motive for the attack was not immediately clear.
The suspect is being treated in hospital for knife wounds, the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation said.
Police in Oslo were preparing to send an anti-terror unit to the scene aboard army helicopters but called off the deployment after the suspect was arrested, the news channel said.