<p>Norwegian police set off a controlled explosion of a &quot;bomb-like device&quot; found in central Oslo on Saturday, and a suspect is being held in custody, police told reporters.</p>

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<p>A Reuters reporter described a loud bang shortly after the arrival of Oslo&#39;s bomb squad.</p>

<p>&quot;The noise from the blast was louder than our explosives themselves would cause,&quot; a police spokesman said, while adding that further investigation would be conducted at the scene.</p>

<p>The device had appeared to be capable of causing only a limited amount of damage, the police said earlier.</p>

<p>Police declined to give information about the suspect.</p>

<p>Oslo&#39;s Groenland area, a multi-ethnic neighborhood that is home to popular bars and restaurants as well as several mosques, is also where the city&#39;s main police station is located, less than a kilometer away from where the device was found.</p>

<p>In neighboring Sweden, a truck on Friday plowed into crowds in Stockholm, killing four people and wounding 15 in what police said was an apparent terror attack.</p>

<p>In 2011, right-wing extremist Anders Behring Breivik set off a car bomb in Oslo that killed eight people and destroyed Norway&#39;s government headquarters, before going on a shooting rampage that killed 69 people at nearby Utoeya island.</p>

<p>(Reuters)</p>


Police said they had set off a controlled explosion of a 'bomb-like device' found in central Oslo on Saturday

Norwegian police set off a controlled explosion of a "bomb-like device" found in central Oslo on Saturday, and a suspect is being held in custody, police told reporters. BREAKING: Norwegian police say man arrested, area cordoned off after 'bomb-like' device found in capital. — The Associated Press (@AP) April 8, 2017 × A Reuters reporter described a loud bang shortly after the arrival of Oslo's bomb squad. "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. The device had appeared to be capable of causing only a limited amount of damage, the police said earlier. Police declined to give information about the suspect. Oslo's Groenland area, a multi-ethnic neighborhood that is home to popular bars and restaurants as well as several mosques, is also where the city's main police station is located, less than a kilometer away from where the device was found. In neighboring Sweden, a truck on Friday plowed into crowds in Stockholm, killing four people and wounding 15 in what police said was an apparent terror attack. In 2011, right-wing extremist Anders Behring Breivik set off a car bomb in Oslo that killed eight people and destroyed Norway's government headquarters, before going on a shooting rampage that killed 69 people at nearby Utoeya island. (Reuters)

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