OSLO – A policeman shot and killed a female teacher in a car park outside a school in the northern Norwegian town of Tromso and then shot himself in what appeared to be a quarrel between former lovers, police said yesterday.
Police had initially said both the man and the woman had died, but later said the man was in a critical condition in hospital.
“This was an experienced public servant with a long record of service,” Tromso police chief Truls Fyhn told a news conference broadcast by NRK radio.
He did not release the man’s name or position in the police force.
The man and his victim, who was a teacher in training and was in her early 40s, had lived together previously, police said.
“The background to the killing is presumed to be their relationship which broke up in recent weeks,” said Mr Fyhn.
He said police were investigating whether the man had used his service weapon.
Supt Annette Sjoely told Reuters: “His injuries are life-threatening.”
The shooting took place as children were arriving for school in the Arctic town.
Neither the man nor the woman is being identified until relatives have been told of the tragedy. – (Reuters/AP)