The municipal director of a municipality in Eastern Norway ended up in hospital after being subjected to violence in the middle of working hours, reports South-East Police District.
– The municipality reports the incident and follows up on the employee’s health, the assistant municipal director says in an SMS to Dagbladet.
– Discussion
There were several witnesses to the incident, which took place inside the town hall.
– According to the witnesses, a discussion arose, where the now apprehended got very upset and finally used violence against the victim, operations manager Erik Gunnerød informs Dagbladet.
The accused, a 40-year-old acquaintance of the police, was at the scene when the summoned patrol arrived, and was arrested on the spot.
– It was the plan to interrogate him immediately, but he wants to have a lawyer present, so it has not happened yet, Gunnerød states.
– Embossed
The municipal director – the municipality’s chief administrative officer, formerly called councilor – was taken to the local hospital by ambulance.
– He was upbeat, but marked. He was taken to the hospital for a check-up, the operations manager states.
The police do not know the background to the incident, and hope the interrogations of both parties will shed light on this.
Nor does the assistant mayor know why the top manager was fired at work, she informs Dagbladet.
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