Oslo police detonate ‘bomb-like device’
By Reuters
09 April 2017 |
3:00 pm
Norwegian police set off a controlled explosion of a "bomb-like device" in central Oslo and a suspect is being held in custody, as Sweden questions seven people over the deadly truck attack.
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