OSLO, Norway — Two people were killed and at least 14 injured early Saturday morning in downtown Oslo when a gunman opened fire outside two nightclubs and a diner, a police official said.
A male suspect was apprehended five minutes after the shooting was reported, the Oslo police said on Twitter. Tore Barstad, a police operations chief who spoke to reporters about the incident, did not identify the suspect or speculate about a motive.
One of the two nightclubs, the London Pub, is a center of gay nightlife in Oslo. The city’s annual Pride parade is set to take place Saturday.
The shooting, a rarity in Norway’s capital, came on a busy and festive weekend that marked the start of the summer season, with the school year having just ended.
Olav Rønneberg, a crime reporter for the Norwegian public broadcaster, NRK, happened to be in the area when the violence began. “I saw a man arrive at the scene with a bag, he took up a gun and started shooting,” he told the outlet.
