Semi-naked knifeman stabs multiple people in the streets of Oslo before being shot dead by police – a year after he committed the same crime and was sectioned

  • Multiple people were stabbed by semi-naked knifemen in Oslo, Norway.
  • The police stated that the victim was “more than one”, but they refused to reveal details.
  • In Oslo, Bislett and Oslo, an officer in a police car stopped the attacker by entering a building.
  • Officers shot and transported the suspect to hospital. He later succumbed. 










After stabbing multiple Oslo residents with a semi-naked knifeman, police shot him dead. This was one year after the crime. He had been sectioned.  

The police stated that the victims were’more than one’ and did not provide any details about the condition of those who had been injured. Late in the morning, a news conference was scheduled.

In order to stop an attacker, a police car from the Bislett area of Oslo drove into a building. 

Torgeir Brenden, a police spokesperson said that he then attacked the vehicle and was able to unlock the door. 

The man was hit with a number of shots, however Brenden didn’t specify if the officers inside the vehicle opened fire. Brenden stated that the victim was taken to a local hospital, where he later died. 

The knifeman was convicted in December 2020 for another semi-naked knife attack in Grunerlokka, Oslo, and was sectioned. 

A man reportedly armed with a knife attacked passers-by on the streets of the Norwegian capital, Oslo, on Tuesday, before being shot dead by police, officials said (pictured, police at the scene)

Officials said that a man with an armed knife attacked pedestrians in Oslo on Tuesday. He was then shot by police.

Police officers cover the police car that was involved in the attack in Norway's capital, Oslo, on Tuesday

Officers cover the car of police officers that was attacked in Oslo on Tuesday.

Norwegian media published today footage showing the attacker naked and holding a knife. 

An attacker who stabbed another passerby in their upper bodies several times during a semi-naked rampage on June 4, 2019, was also convicted. 

According to reports, the victim managed to resist the attack and was helped by passersby.

As he was being arrested, the attacker shouted, allegedly, ‘allahu alakbar’.   

A man with a knife, a bow and some arrows killed five people last month in Oslo. 

Police gather at the scene where a semi-naked knifeman attacked passers-by on the streets of the Norwegian capital, Oslo, on Tuesday

Officers gathered on the spot where the semi-naked knifeman assaulted passers-by in Oslo on Tuesday

Police said only that there was 'more than one' victim and gave no information about their condition

According to police, there were’more than 1′ victims and they did not give any information on their conditions.

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