Norway: Police detonate explosive device found in busy Oslo city centre street

Norwegian police have detonated an explosive device found outside a busy underground station in central Oslo. Officers evacuated late-night bars and restaurants near the Groenland underground station as bomb disposal experts rushed to the scene. Authorities later said the device was neutralised and a teenage Russian suspect arrested.

“The noise from the blast was louder than our explosives themselves would cause,” a police spokesman said, while adding that further investigation would be conducted at the scene.

Norway’s security service said a 17-year-old Russian citizen was arrested for explosives found at the subway.

The country’s chief prosecutor said the bomb suspect was arrested on suspicion of handling explosives.

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