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| 'Three killed' in Norway bus hijack | 'Three killed' in Norway bus hijack |
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| A man wielding a knife has hijacked a bus in western Norway and killed three passengers, media reports say. | A man wielding a knife has hijacked a bus in western Norway and killed three passengers, media reports say. |
| The suspect, said to be in his 50s and 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 victims included the driver of the bus. There were no immediate details of the number of injured. | 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 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) on a remote mountain road near Ardal, about 220km (136 miles) north-west of Oslo. | |
| "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. | "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 motive for the attack was not immediately clear. |
| The suspect is being treated in hospital for knife wounds, the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation said. | 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. | 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. |