Parliament closed after bomb threat

The entrances are closed, and no one is allowed in or out.

– A bomb threat has been received which is aimed at the Storting, says Gabriel Langfeldt, head of the police in Oslo to VG.

– The police are on site to ensure security at the Storting, and in parallel we are working to investigate the content of the threat, he says and continues:

– We are on the scene with several patrols. This is to secure the Storting and prevent any incidents. We have no information that there is a danger to third parties.

There is no information that anyone has been injured, he says.

Threats in social media

Head of the Storting’s security section, Pål Munck, tells Aftenposten that the threat has been “intercepted in a social medium”.

The police received the report at 09.48, says operations manager Sven Christian Lie to VG. They cannot yet say anything about who made the threat.

– We are working in parallel to find this out, says Lie to VG.

Employees have been informed by the Storting’s administration that the entrances are closed and that no one is allowed in or out. The press guard at the Storting confirms the situation to VG.

– We are familiar with the situation and we are working with the Oslo police district to clarify the threat, says communication advisor Martin Bernsen in PST to VG.

He will not comment on what the threat is. VG is trying to contact the Oslo police, but has not yet received a reply.

Storting’s spontaneous question time In the oral question time, the representatives take up current affairs, preferably taken from the media. The Minister does not know what questions will be asked, and is, in a sense, unprepared. The Minister of State also does not have time to reflect, but must respond spontaneously. runs as usual, and is streamed on the Storting’s website.

– It is going as normal, confirms the press guard to VG.

A little after 10.30 the audience was told to leave the hall.