Police officer shot dead in Norway

Oslo: Norwegian police said an officer in his twenties and a suspect had died after an overnight shootout on Saturday in the Nordic nation where polic...

Oslo: Norwegian police said an officer in his twenties and a suspect had died after an overnight shootout on Saturday in the Nordic nation where police rarely die in the line of duty.

The last time a police officer was shot and killed in the line of duty in Norway dated back to 2004, according to the Norwegian news broadcaster NRK.

Saturday's deadly shooting took place in Klepp near the city Stavanger in southwest Norway, and also resulted in another officer being wounded, police said.

"The mission last night had the worst possible outcome. Two human lives have been lost and the police have lost a dear colleague," said police commissioner Marie Benedicte Bjornland in a statement on Saturday.

"This is the ultimate and most tragic consequence of police work," she added.