Norway arrests Russian citizen suspected of planting bomb in Oslo

Reuters reported that on April 9, Norwegian police raised the risk assessment of attacks nationwide, after discovering an improvised explosive device in central Oslo a day earlier.

Police cordoned off the Groenlann area in Oslo, after discovering a box suspected to be a bomb. (Source: EPA/VNA)

In addition, Norwegian police said they had arrested a 17-year-old Russian citizen believed to be a suspect in the above incident.

Earlier on the evening of April 8, Norwegian police said they had carried out a controlled explosion of a suspected bomb placed on a street in central Oslo.

The device, measuring 30x30cm, was found in the Groenlann area in central Oslo.

This is an area with a large number of immigrants, many of whom come from Africa and the Middle East./.

According to Vietnamplus