Oslo police believe the Norway attack was Islamist terrorism
Two people died, and 21 were wounded early on Saturday in what police called an "act of Islamist terrorism".
The shootings were in and near the London Pub, a popular LGBTQ+ venue, the Herr Nilsen jazz club and another pub.
Norway's prime minister, the suspect, was questioned in May but was not deemed a threat at the time.
"We now need to see the result of an investigation," PM Jonas Gahr Store
The shooting started at about 01:15 local time on Saturday (23:15 GMT Friday), officials said.
Eyewitnesses said the suspect took a gun from his bag and started firing, forcing terrified people to either throw themselves to the ground or flee.
The attacker was arrested by police officers - who were helped by bystanders - minutes later. Two weapons were retrieved at the crime scene by police, one of them a fully automatic gun.
The authorities later said the suspect was a Norwegian national.
Of the 21 injured, ten were in severe condition.
The terror alert level in Norway has now been raised to its highest level, though the country's PST intelligence service said it currently had "no indication" further attacks were likely.
Oslo's annual gay Pride parade was due to be held on Saturday and was formally cancelled on police advice.
But despite that, hundreds of people marched near the scene later in the day, shouting: "We're here, we're queer, we won't disappear!"
"I think it's fantastic that this march is taking place. Otherwise, he would have won," one woman in her 50s told AFP news agency.
Rainbow flags and flowers were laid near the scene of the attack, which was sealed off by police tape, and bystanders comforted each other with hugs.
The gunman was known to security services since 2015 as a "suspected radicalised Islamist" and had a history of mental illness, Norway's PST intelligence service said.
"There is reason to think that this may be a hate crime," police said earlier. "We are investigating whether... Pride was a target in itself or whether there are other motives."
King Harald, Norway's monarch, said he and his family were "horrified" by the violence. He said, "We must stand together" to defend "freedom, diversity and respect for each other".
EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen tweeted that she was "shocked by the heinous attack on innocent people". At the same time, French President Emmanuel Macron said: "We stand stronger against hate if we stand together."
In the US, John Kirby, a spokesman for the White House's National Security Council, said: "We're all horrified by the mass shooting in Oslo today targeting the LGBTQI+ community there, and our hearts go out to the all the families of the victims, the people of Norway, which is a tremendous ally, and of course the LGBTQI+ community there and around the world,"
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