Man arrested after violent incident in Kongsberg; Norway

So ISIS, Al-Quaeda, Boko Haram et all. do not use publicity and the media to further their aims Danzy? And your experience living in Islamic Country's is what exactly?????

Getting close, as in within touching range, would surely render a bow and arrow almost useless, its like trying to throw something at someone who is standing an inch away from you. Obviously there will still be some power to the arrow, but I still think you could take someone down with one. There is no one outside of Legolas who is pulling arrows and hitting targets at any great rate of fire.

I'd say people didn't even know what was happening. The average person is walking around in a daze and might not even identify the bow as a weapon or make a connection between the guy with the bow and the person lying bleeding on the ground with "something sticking out of him". That's assuming that they even notice the injured person.

Even in situations where firearms are used, people are slow to react and often afaik think that it is the sound of fireworks or they're witnessing a prank. Once they realise, as you say, who is going to be thinking clearly enough to override their instinct to panic and run. At that point, it doesn't particularly matter if it is a gun, bow or knife that us being used as chaos ensues.

Predictably (if sadly) enough, a local resident has been quoted by the NY Post as saying that the worst part of the attack was “all the hate against religion and race that comes with it.”

Yes, worse than the deaths and injuries suffered is the blaming of moderate Islam and multiculturalism. These people clearly hold the lives of their neighbours as being worthless next to their ideology, yet think they are not the extremists.

So.. Norwegian police held a press conference about the incident.

They said the perpetrator, Espen Andersen Bråthen, also used "stabbing weapons" in the attack, so not everything was done with a bow and arrow. He started with the bow inside the supermarket, but then lost it at some point during the event, and didn't have it with him later when he was attacking people in the street.

They also said their theory about the perpetrator's conversion to Islam has "weakened" and that mental illness was the main reason behind the attack.

https://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/i/0G3qmM/politiet-siktede-brukte-stikkvaapen-i-angrepet-paa-kongsberg

I am no fan of Islam, but I was thinking the same since I saw the video, the guy looked more like a nutter that just said he was a Muslim to cause controversy more than anything, I'd say he believes in it as much as I believe in Scientology.