Threatened people with a knife – the police fired shots – news Oslo og Viken – Local news, TV and radio

Early on Wednesday morning, the police received a report that a person threatened several motorists on the E18 at Bygdøylokket in Oslo. Immediately afterwards, the police shot the man. – The police received a report at 05.20 about some traffic conditions that made it difficult to get there by car. When we get there, we observe a person with a knife trying to get into several cars, says operations manager Sven Christian Lie to news. – In order to gain control of the person in question, the police felt compelled to fire an aimed shot, and this led to the fact that the person in question is not seriously injured, and is being treated in hospital, says Lie. The police are investigating the scene on the E18 where a man with a knife tried to get into several cars. Photo: Photorunner – So it wasn’t a warning shot? – It was not a warning shot. – Are any other people injured? – No, Lie replies. – How did the people in the cars in question try to get into? – We are working on that now, so what any witnesses tell us, we will have to come back to at a later date. E18 is until further notice blocked below Bygdøylokket in the eastbound direction. Traffic is directed over the lid. Photo: Lea Girolami Bråthen / news The road is closed while the police investigate the scene. Lie will not say anything more about who the perpetrator is or whether he is known to the police from before. – What I have said now is what you get. I have to be a little reserved as the Bureau and forensics will also carry out their investigations on the spot. – What is happening at the site now? – We have blocked off the E18 under the Bygdøy lid while waiting for a forensic technician and whether the Bureau will eventually go to the scene. Queuing in the morning rush hour Lie cannot say how long the road will be closed. E18 is one of the main access roads to Oslo and the incident affects the morning rush hour. Traffic is directed over the lid, but there will be queues and delays between Lysaker and Bygdøy. It may pay to drive Ring 3 instead of queuing on the E18. At half past six on Wednesday morning, the Norwegian Road Traffic Agency tweeted that something had happened on the E18. Photo: Twitter



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