By . Lucy Crossley . PUBLISHED: . 14:53 EST, 4 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 20:41 EST, 4 November 2013 . A knife-wielding man hijacked a bus in rural Norway and killed the driver and two passengers before . he was detained by authorities, officials have said. Police . in Sogn and Fjordane county in western Norway gave few details about . the suspect, but said he had lived close to the scene of the attack, and . was originally from South Sudan. Police attorney Trine Erdal said the suspect was in his early 30s, not in his 50s as police had earlier reported. A knife-wielding man hijacked a bus in rural Norway and killed the driver and two passengers. Pictured is an ambulance at the scene, near Ardal, western Norway . Police said that the motive for the stabbing rampage was not clear. The . victims were two men in their 50s, the Norwegian bus driver and a . Swedish passenger, and a 19-year-old Norwegian woman, the attorney . said. All had been . stabbed. There were no other passengers on the bus, which was believed . to have been travelling on a remote rural road near the town of Ardal, . around 135 miles from Oslo. The . suspect was initially apprehended by rescuers from the fire department . who were the first to arrive at what they thought was the scene of an accident at around 5.30pm local time. Rescue workers at the scene of the attack. The victims were two men in their 50s, the Norwegian bus driver and a Swedish passenger, and a 19-year-old Norwegian woman . He was . later arrested by police and taken to a hospital for treatment of cuts, . but was not seriously injured, Norwegian news agency NTB reported. Oslo . police said they called off the deployment of an anti-terror unit after . receiving reports that the suspect had been arrested. The same bus route was attacked in 2003 when an Ethiopian man stabbed a bus driver to death, NTB said. He had earlier that day killed a Congolese asylum seeker at a refugee center. Multiple . killings are rare in Norway, although the country was shocked by its . worst peacetime massacre two years ago when Anders Behring Breivik, a . Norwegian right-wing extremist, killed 77 people in a bomb and gun . rampage.
Three dead including driver in his 50s after attack on rural road near Ardal .
Swedish passenger in his 50s and 19-year-old Norweigan woman killed .
Man aged in his 30s arrested by police .
Firefighters were called to bus thinking there had been an accident .
Crews detained the suspect until police arrived .
By . Lucy Crossley . PUBLISHED: . 14:53 EST, 4 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 20:41 EST, 4 November 2013 . A knife-wielding man hijacked a bus in rural Norway and killed the driver and two passengers before . he was detained by authorities, officials have said. Police . in Sogn and Fjordane county in western Norway gave few details about . the suspect, but said he had lived close to the scene of the attack, and . was originally from South Sudan. Police attorney Trine Erdal said the suspect was in his early 30s, not in his 50s as police had earlier reported. A knife-wielding man hijacked a bus in rural Norway and killed the driver and two passengers. Pictured is an ambulance at the scene, near Ardal, western Norway . Police said that the motive for the stabbing rampage was not clear. The . victims were two men in their 50s, the Norwegian bus driver and a . Swedish passenger, and a 19-year-old Norwegian woman, the attorney . said. All had been . stabbed. There were no other passengers on the bus, which was believed . to have been travelling on a remote rural road near the town of Ardal, . around 135 miles from Oslo. The . suspect was initially apprehended by rescuers from the fire department . who were the first to arrive at what they thought was the scene of an accident at around 5.30pm local time. Rescue workers at the scene of the attack. The victims were two men in their 50s, the Norwegian bus driver and a Swedish passenger, and a 19-year-old Norwegian woman . He was . later arrested by police and taken to a hospital for treatment of cuts, . but was not seriously injured, Norwegian news agency NTB reported. Oslo . police said they called off the deployment of an anti-terror unit after . receiving reports that the suspect had been arrested. The same bus route was attacked in 2003 when an Ethiopian man stabbed a bus driver to death, NTB said. He had earlier that day killed a Congolese asylum seeker at a refugee center. Multiple . killings are rare in Norway, although the country was shocked by its . worst peacetime massacre two years ago when Anders Behring Breivik, a . Norwegian right-wing extremist, killed 77 people in a bomb and gun . rampage.
30s, not in his 50s as police had earlier the Norwegian bus driver and a . Swedish passenger, and a 19-year-old Norwegian woman, the rural road near the town of Ardal, . around 135 thought was the scene of an accident at around was . later arrested by police and taken to a receiving reports that the suspect had been