Oslo police detonate 'bomb-like device', suspect in custody

By Ole Petter Skonnord OSLO (Reuters) - Norwegian police set off a controlled explosion of a "bomb-like device" found in central Oslo on Saturday, and a suspect is being held in custody, police told reporters. A Reuters reporter described a loud bang shortly after the arrival of Oslo's bomb squad. "The noise from the blast was louder than our explosives themselves would cause," a police spokesman said, while adding that further investigation would be conducted at the scene. The device had appeared to be capable of causing only a limited amount of damage, the police said earlier. Police declined to give information about the suspect. Oslo's Groenland area, a multi-ethnic neighbourhood that is home to popular bars and restaurants as well as several mosques, is also where the city's main police station is located, less than a kilometre away from where the device was found. In neighbouring Sweden, a truck on Friday ploughed into crowds in Stockholm, killing four people and wounding 15 in what police said was an apparent terror attack. In 2011, right-wing extremist Anders Behring Breivik set off a car bomb in Oslo that killed eight people and destroyed Norway's government headquarters, before going on a shooting rampage that killed 69 people at nearby Utoeya island. (Writing by Terje Solsvik; Editing by Hugh Lawson and Matthew Lewis)