{"id":446758,"date":"2025-09-23T21:07:14","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T21:07:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/446758\/"},"modified":"2025-09-23T21:07:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T21:07:14","slug":"armed-police-rush-to-centre-of-oslo-following-explosion-as-force-warns-there-could-be-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/446758\/","title":{"rendered":"Armed police rush to centre of Oslo following explosion as force warns ‘there could be more’"},"content":{"rendered":"

A suspect has been arrested for questioning after emergency services rushed to the centre of Oslo following reports of an explosion, Norwegian police said.<\/p>\n

Police in the Norwegian capital later conducted a controlled detonation of a second explosive device which was found at the site.<\/p>\n

Armed police have now shut off the road as firefighters remain on standby to tackle any potential blazes.<\/p>\n

The second device found at the site appeared to be a “military-style” hand grenade, according to Officer in Charge, Brian Skotnes.<\/p>\n

“We’ve apprehended one suspect and are intensively seeking more information as well as other people,” he said.<\/p>\n

“Our hypothesis is that it is criminals who have an agenda against other criminals, but we cannot rule our anything.” <\/p>\n

Local news has reported that a 13-year-old was apprehended by police.<\/p>\n

However, Mr Skotnes declined to comment on the suspect’s age.<\/p>\n

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Armed police have closed off streets in Oslo<\/p>\n

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REUTERS<\/p>\n

Video footage showed that a number of police helicopters were also called to the scene.<\/p>\n

Pictures, which have circulated on social media, showed armed police putting up a cordon on Pilestredet in Oslo.<\/p>\n

Officers had told residents in the nearby area to stay away from their windows, however, Mr Skotnes said “the area was now safe”.<\/p>\n

Residents across Oslo received an emergency message to their mobile phones.<\/p>\n

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Emergency services gather on a street after reports of an explosion<\/p>\n

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REUTERS<\/p>\n

Warning locals about the blast, the message said: “There has been an explosion in the area (called) Pilestredet.<\/p>\n

“Given that there is still an explosive device in the area, the police wish that people stay away from windows.”<\/p>\n

‘As of now, we are not evacuating the area.’<\/p>\n

“We are working on the basis of a main theory that a hand grenade was planted,” Oslo Police operations manager \u00d8yvind Hammervold said.<\/p>\n

In a statement, the force added: “Residents in the area are asked to stay away from windows. Others are asked not to visit the location.<\/p>\n

“There are explosives at the site that have not been detonated.”<\/p>\n

Despite the site being in the immediate vicinity of a university campus, no injuries have been reported in the Norwegian capital.<\/p>\n

The incident comes a day after reports of drone sightings near Oslo’s and Copenhagen’s Airports.<\/p>\n

Deputy Police Inspector Jakob Hansen was asked by reporters on Monday if the drones were of Russian origin, however, he said he could not confirm or deny this.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A suspect has been arrested for questioning after emergency services rushed to the centre of Oslo following reports…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":446759,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[12,26,263],"class_list":{"0":"post-446758","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world","8":"tag-news","9":"tag-world","10":"tag-world-news"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115255656116340378","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446758","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=446758"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446758\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/446759"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=446758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=446758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=446758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}