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A Danish man who killed five people in a bloody bow and arrow rampage in a Norwegian town has been sentenced to full-time psychiatric care because he 'cannot be held criminally responsible'.
Espen Andersen Brathen, who spread terror through the peaceful streets of Kongsberg in October, unleashed a volley of arrows from inside and outside a supermarket and also knifed his victims to death.
According to the prosecution, Brathen was armed with a bow, 60 arrows and four knives on the day of the attacks.
Espen Andersen Brathen has been sentenced to full-time psychiatric care because he 'cannot be held criminally responsible'
Bråthen, a Danish citizen who lived most of his life in Norway, was arrested by police more than 30 minutes after his rampage began
Kongsberg is a small town in southern Norway that straddles the Numedalslågen river with a population of about 26,000. It is known as the home of the Royal Norwegian Mint, houses the headquarters of a major arms manufacturer, and serves as a satellite campus for the University of South-Eastern Norway
Last month, the 38-year-old who has long-suffered from mental illness, pleaded guilty to the charges of murder and attempted murder.
In their verdict delivered Thursday, the judges said 'the defendant clearly had comprehension and functional disorders because of his condition' at the time of the attack.
'The court therefore finds that the defendant cannot be held criminally responsible for any of the charges,' the verdict said.
Brathen had been living for years in Kongsberg, home to about 25,000 people some 50 miles west of the capital Oslo, and authorities have said he had a medical history.
The Norwegian security services PST, which are responsible for counter-terrorism, also said the man had been on their radar.
The bow and arrow killer who rampaged through a Norwegian town killed all five of his victims in the same street
Retired couple Gunnar Sauve and Liv Borge aged in their 60s, were among those killed by Brathen
Andrea Meyer, 52, who was originally from Hamburg, also died at the hands of the killer
He was arrested 35 minutes after the first reports of an attack and was swiftly moved to a medical institution.
Three experts who observed him concluded that he was suffering from paranoid schizophrenia.
Both the prosecution
