They feared for their safety and finally shot him in the thigh. He fell to the ground and police turned his weapons out of his hands. It was the only time in 2011 that police fired shots at someone. A court found the man criminally insane.
Even more shocking for us Americans is that in 2010 there wasn’t a single shot fired by police at a suspect. They do everything possible to keep from needing to use their guns. It is a last resort for the Norwegians. They don’t face near the crime that the U.S. deals with either.
