KONGSBERG Norway (Reuters). Police say a Norwegian court will determine how long a suspect of murdering five persons with a bow-and-arrow or other weapon can be detained initially.

Espen Andersen Braathen, a 37-year-old Danish citizen who has lived for most of his life in Norway’s Kongsberg municipality where the attacks https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/man-kills-several-people-norway-bow-arrow-attacks-police-say-2021-10-13 took place on Wednesday, has acknowledged killing the victims, investigators have said.

Braathen, a convert to Islam who had shown signs of radicalisation, went on a rampage through the small town, attacking people in a store as well as on the streets and in their homes in an apparent “act of terror” https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/suspect-norway-bow-and-arrow-killings-is-danish-man-police-say-2021-10-14, according to police.

The attack, which lasted 35 minutes, saw four women and one male, aged 50-70, killed. Police arrested him. The attack left three others wounded, one off-duty police officer and two other officers.

Braathen, who is thought to be acting alone, is now cooperating with police in their investigation.

According to his lawyer, he would not object to a request that he be kept in detention. It is still several months before the trial.

Fredrik Neumann his lawyer stated that the client would be given a thorough psychiatric examination.

That evaluation may determine whether Braathen will be sent to prison or to psychiatric services.

Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere, who took office https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/norways-labour-led-cabinet-takes-office-day-overshadowed-by-attack-2021-10-14 on Thursday after winning elections last month, will visit Kongsberg on Friday together with Justice Minister Emilie Enger Mehl.

It was the deadliest attack on Norway since 2011 when Anders Behring Breivik, a far-right extremist, killed 77 people. Most of these were teenagers attending a youth camp.

Attacks took place in “a large area of Kongsberg”, a town of around 28,000 residents, in southern Norway. It is located 68km (42 miles), from Oslo, the capital.