Oslo, March 8, 2026 (AFP) - Explosion rocks US embassy in Oslo, police hunt perpetrators

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2026-03-08

The US embassy in Oslo was hit by an explosion in the early hours of Sunday that caused no injuries and only "minor material damage", police in the Norwegian capital said as they searched for the perpetrators. The cause of the blast, which occurred around 1:00 am local time (0000 GMT) at the entrance to the embassy's consular section, was not immediately known. Norway's Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide called the incident "unacceptable" and said......

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