A HALF naked knifeman reportedly stabbed a police officer on the street before being shot dead by cops in Norway.

       Footage of the horror incident published by local media shows the alleged attacker naked from the waist up and wielding a knife in Oslo.

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       Police have reportedly shot dead a knifeman in Norway Credit: AFP 4

       The semi-naked man reportedly stabbed a police officer in Oslo Credit: AFP

       It was initially reported multiple people had been stabbed, but police have since said just one officer was injured.

       "We have so far no information that this is terror-related," Senior Police Chief Egil Joergen Brekke told a news conference.

       "To us, this appears to be a stand-alone act, so that there is no reason to fear for the safety of the city for others.

       "This is a person who is known to us in the past and who has a history."

       The first reports to the police shortly before 9am local time were about a man with a knife running after another person, Brekke said.

       A nearby patrol car in the Bislett neighbourhood rushed to the scene and tried to halt the man by running him down before driving into a building between a flower shop and a cafe to stop him from stabbing a passer-by.

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       He then tried to get into the car and managed to open the door before attacking a cop, police spokesman Torgeir Brenden said.

       Several shots were fired at the man, Brenden added, but he did not specify whether it was the police officers in the car who opened fire.

       Brenden said the perpetrator was rushed to a nearby hospital, where he died.

       'INTENDED TO ATTACK MORE'

       One witness, 25-year-old Kristin Saunes, told local paper VG she saw a barefoot man with a kitchen knife running after a woman.

       "The police have been attacked by this person with a knife," police spokesman Brenden said.

       "We can imagine that he intended to attack more.

       "There is no doubt that the fact that the person was stopped so quickly may have limited damage, and may have saved lives."

       The knifeman was convicted last year for another semi-naked blade attack in Grunerlokka, Oslo, in June 2019.

       He stabbed a man multiple times in the upper body before passer-bys stepped in to help.

       Police then arrived at the scene at shot him with a stun gun before arresting him.

       He was sectioned for compulsory mental health care in December 2020 following the assault.

       Last month, a man armed with a bow and arrow as well as a knife killed five people in a small town southwest of Oslo.

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       Witnesses say they saw a man wielding a knife on the streets Credit: AFP 4

       Police at the scene in Oslo, Norway Credit: AFP We pay for your stories!

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