Sunday, March, 8 2026 - The US embassy in Oslo, Norway, was hit by an explosion in the early hours of Sunday, but no one was injured, police in the Norwegian capital said, adding the cause was not immediately known.
The explosion occurred around 1:00 am local time (0000 GMT),
the Oslo police department said in a statement.
Public broadcaster NRK quoted police incident commander
Michael Dellemyr saying the blast hit the entrance of the embassy’s consular
section.
“At around 1:00 am we received several reports of an
explosion. We arrived shortly afterwards and confirmed that there had been an
explosion that hit the US embassy,” he told NRK.
“There is minor damage,” he said.
“We are not going to comment on anything related to the type
of damage, what it is that has exploded and similar details, beyond the fact
that there has been an explosion” because “it is very early in the
investigation”, he said.
He later told TV2 that police “have an idea of the cause”,
adding: “It appears to us that this is an act carried out by someone.”
He said investigators were talking to witnesses, and TV2
reported that a bomb squad was at the scene.
The police statement said investigators were in contact with
the embassy about the incident, and there was a huge police deployment on site.
Residents near the embassy said they heard a loud blast.
A 16-year-old identified only as Edvard told TV2 that he was
watching television when he heard the blast.
“My mother and I first thought it came from our house, so we
looked around a little, but then we saw the flashing lights outside the window
and a ton of police,” he said.
“There were police dogs and drones and police with automatic
weapons and helicopters in the air,” he said.
A large area around the embassy was blocked off, and police
were stopping cars driving near the area, media outlets reported.
US embassies have been placed on high alert in the Middle
East over American military operations in Iran, and several have faced attacks
as Tehran hits back at industrial and diplomatic targets.
But Dellemyr said there was no indication as yet that the
incident at the embassy in Oslo was connected to the conflict.
“We’re not connecting it to the conflict. It’s far too early
for that,” he told TV2.
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