Police have confirmed thatthe US Embassyin the Norweigan capital of Oslo has been rocked by an explosion in the early hours of Sunday (March 8) morning.
Authoritiesin Norway have confirmed that the building susitained some damage, however it remains unclear if anyone sustained any injuries in the blast.
Oslo police spokesperson Mikael Dellemyr confirmed authorities were called to theAmerican compoundat about 1am local time, in the wake of a loud blast and heavy smoke near the consular building.
"The police are in a dialog with the embassy," he said, adding that police will remain at the scene "for many hours" to come. Local students who drove past the scene described the area being engulfed in smoke immediately after the explosion.
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“There was a very thick layer of smoke on the street,” said Sebastian Toerstad, an 18-year-old school student who drove past the embassy at the time of the incident, as per CNN.
Norweigan publication NRK reports that police have combined the use of "dogs, drones and helicopters to find one or more potential perpetrators" in connection with the blast.
The embassy explosion comes in the wake of recent attacks on diplomatic buildings around the globe, with similiar attacks in Saudi Arabia. linked to the ongoing conflict betweenIsrael, the US, and Iran.
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