{"id":35131,"date":"2026-03-08T04:53:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T04:53:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/35131\/"},"modified":"2026-03-08T04:53:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T04:53:07","slug":"oslo-us-embassy-blast-prompts-police-probe-and-heightened-security-ukraine-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/35131\/","title":{"rendered":"Oslo US Embassy blast prompts police probe and heightened security | Ukraine news"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>          <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/oslo-us-embassy-blast.webp.webp\" alt=\"Oslo US Embassy blast prompts police probe and heightened security\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto\"\/><br \/>\n          Police cars were parked outside the U.S. embassy after reports of a loud bang at the scene in Oslo, Norway, on March 8, 2026. Javad Parsa\/NTB\/Reuters<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px;color: #666\">As reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2026\/03\/07\/europe\/explosion-hits-us-embassy-oslo-intl-hnk\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"outer_link\">CNN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the early hours of Sunday in Oslo, an explosion occurred near the U.S. Embassy. According to Norwegian police, the incident caused minor damage and did not result in injuries among civilians or embassy staff.<\/p>\n<p>A loud explosion was heard near the embassy grounds in the western part of the city around 1:00 a.m., and smoke rose from the surrounding area, witnesses say, local media reported.<\/p>\n<p>Investigation and Aftermath<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have determined that the explosion occurred at the U.S. Embassy\u201d<\/p>\n<p> \u2013  Mikael Dellemyr, NRK<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe police are in dialogue with the embassy, and there are no reports of injuries\u201d<\/p>\n<p> \u2013  Oslo Police Department<\/p>\n<p>The search for the perpetrators continues, and no additional explosive devices have been found in the area, according to a police spokesperson.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Embassy did not comment outside normal business hours, and the State Department also did not respond to journalists\u2019 inquiries.<\/p>\n<p>The incident is being treated as a security matter; the investigation continues, and authorities are increasing patrols near the diplomatic facility.<\/p>\n<p>Read also:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Police cars were parked outside the U.S. embassy after reports of a loud bang at the scene in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":35132,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[85],"tags":[2495,20530,38,157,20531,156,20532,20529,20533,20534,20535],"class_list":{"0":"post-35131","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-oslo","8":"tag-diplomatic-security","9":"tag-embassy-blast-investigation","10":"tag-news","11":"tag-norway","12":"tag-norway-police","13":"tag-oslo","14":"tag-oslo-embassy-blast","15":"tag-oslo-embassy-blast-us-embassy-oslo-norway-police-diplomatic-security-security-measures-oslo-embassy-blast-investigation-oslo-incident","16":"tag-oslo-incident","17":"tag-security-measures-oslo","18":"tag-us-embassy-oslo"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@dk\/116191769659726081","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35131"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35131\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}