Two people are in critical condition in hospital and another is injured after knifeman goes on stabbing spree in Norway town
- Attacker went on stabbing spree in town of Sarpsborg in southern Norway
- Two victims left fighting for their lives, and a third was stabbed in the arm
- Image shows police on a street in the town which lies south of capital Oslo
Two people have been left in a critical condition after an attacker went on a stabbing spree in Norway this evening.
Police in Sarpsborg, in southern Norway, told people to stay in doors after three people were stabbed in several locations in the town late Tuesday with two of the victims sustaining critical injuries.
The third victim was reportedly stabbed in the arm.
Police and emergency services are parked at the side of the road after people were stabbed in several locations in Sarpsborg, Norway, on Tuesday evening
Police said they had arrested one person, but couldn’t be certain whether there were more people involved in the attack.
The motive of the attack was not immediately clear.
A picture on a website of a local newspaper Sarpsborg Arbeiderblad showed armed police on a street in the town about 70 km (43 miles) south of Norway’s capital Oslo.
The husband of one victim said the anonymous attacker knocked on their door before stabbing his partner, the Sarpsborg Arbeiderblad reported.