Norway bow-and-arrow attack ‘appears to be act of terror’

Police say Danish suspect's motives yet to be firmly established and he will undergo psychiatric evaluation

A bow-and-arrow attack that left five people dead in Norway appears to have been an act of terror", but the motives of the Danish suspect will only be firmly established after a full investigation, the Norwegian security service has said.

Police said the suspect, who they identified as 37-year-old Espen Andersen Brathen, was a Muslim convert with previous criminal convictions who had previously been flagged as a possible Islamic extremist. Andersen Brathen would be undergoing a psychiatric evaluation, police said.