Norwegian authorities are commissioning an independent investigation into the actions of police and security agencies following a bow-and-arrow attack that killed five people and injured three in the town of Kongsberg this week.
Norway's domestic intelligence agency, known by the acronym PST, said Saturday that it decided to seek the review after consulting the country's national and regional police commanders.
Norwegian media have questioned how long it took officers to apprehend suspect Espen Andersen Braathen after the regional police department received reports about a man shooting arrows at a supermarket. The officials have acknowledged the armed suspect got away and likely killed the five victims between the ages of 50 and 70 outdoors and inside some apartments at that point.
Authorities said Saturday that the people injured, one of them a police officer who was struck while off-duty inside the supermarket, all have been released from the hospital.
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