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Shot around with bow and arrow: Today the trial against a Danish citizen in Norway begins | Abroad | DR A 38-year-old Danish-Norwegian man is going to court today in the case, where he is accused of having killed five random people with, among other things, bow and arrow. Norwegian police hope that all the cards come to the table when it comes to the police handling the killings in Kongsberg. This is what police chief Ole Bredrup Sæverud tells the newspaper VG. The statement comes before the trial against the murder-accused Danish citizen, which starts today. by Kongsberg in October last year. Five people lost their lives in the attacks. Already in the days after the incident, the police stated that the police's handling of the case should be assessed. At the trial, details of the police's handling will come to light, writes VG. In addition, an external report is expected in June. - I am very pleased that the Police Directorate has set up a committee whose task is to make a proper review of what happened, says Ole Bredrup Sæverud to VG. The police chief continues, that such a review can give the police important learning for future cases both regionally and nationally. The now 38-year-old Danish-Norwegian man was, half an hour after the police were first in contact with him, at a Coop store in Kongsberg. The five dead were all killed during the half hour. Later it was also revealed that the first patrol on the spot was not wearing protective equipment. It was in the patrol car. Ole Bredrup Sæverud was called to work shortly after the first report of the attack. It was he who had the overall responsibility for leading the subsequent investigation. He also held several in the case.- That one needs to get an answer to what happened is quite obvious. It is an important and necessary part of the job, says the police chief to VG. A small month has been set aside for the case, which will be heard in Buskerud District Court in Hokksund. has previously said that it will have the man sentenced to compulsory psychiatric treatment if he is found guilty. The defendant's defense counsel, Fredrik Neumann, has not commented on how he views the indictment. July 2011, when the mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik killed 77 people./ritzau/