Explosion at US embassy in Oslo may have been terrorism, Norway police say

An overnight explosion at the US embassy in Oslo may have been an act of terrorism, Norway’s police have said.

The embassy in the Norwegian capital sustained minor damage after the blast in the early hours of Sunday – but no-one was injured.

“One of the hypotheses is that it is an act of terrorism, but we are not completely locked into it,” Frode Larsen, the head of police joint investigation and intelligence unit, told Norway’s public broadcaster NRK.

Norwegian authorities say they are in contact with US diplomats, and an investigation into the incident is now under way.

A US State Department spokesperson said they are “aware of an incident at the US Embassy in Oslo” and are investigating.

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