Two people were killed and more than a dozen injured in the early hours of Saturday in a mass shooting in Oslo, Norwegian police said, as the city was gearing up for an annual Pride parade. The shooting happened outside a bar in the downtown area of the Norwegian capital, police said.
A suspect was arrested and police do not believe any other people were involved, spokesman Tore Barstad said. The motive was not immediately known and it was not clear whether the shooting had any connection to the Pride parade that was to be held on Saturday in Oslo.
“Police are in contact with the organisers of the Pride event this Saturday. There will be a continuous assessment of what measures police should take to protect that event and whether this incident has a connection to Pride at all,” Barstad told reporters.
