Norwegian police are laying down their arms.
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After carrying guns for about a year, police in the Nordic country will go back to patrolling the streets unarmed next week, the National Police Directorate said Friday.
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Norwegian police were armed as a temporary measure after the country’s security service raised the terror alert level.
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It has since been downgraded and the police directorate said “there are no grounds to continue the temporary armament.”
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It said police will go back to keeping firearms locked in their patrol cars.
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Norway has debated the preparedness of its police force to deal with terrorists since a horrific attack in July 2011, when a single anti-Muslim gunman slaughtered 69 people on a summer youth retreat after killing eight people in a car bombing in Oslo. (AP)
