The man in his 50s who was arrested on Tuesday and charged with attempted murder after the shooting at Trosterud in Oslo, will be released.
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The Oslo police state in a press release on Thursday that they after thorough assessments consider that the suspicion against the man has weakened.
– The police therefore consider that there is not a sufficient basis for requesting that he be remanded in custody, they write.
It was the night before Wednesday 25 August that two men, one in his late teens and one in his 20s, stayed shot in a residential area on Trosterud. Both of the two offended men were taken to hospital with serious injuries.
For a week, there was an intense pat hunt for the shooter, before the Oslo police on Tuesday this week arrested the man in his 50s and charged him with attempted murder. He is now being released, and it is currently unclear whether the charge against the man will be upheld.
– The offended and relatives in the case have been informed of the release. The investigation is in full swing and the case is a very high priority in the Oslo police district, it is stated in the press release.
–So far, VG has not succeeded in getting comments from the head of the joint unit for intelligence and investigation, Grete Lien Metlid.
Five men shot in August
Metlid held a press conference in the wake of this week on Tuesday several shooting episodes in the capital in recent weeks. A total of five men have been shot on three different occasions.
Metlid then stated that they did not see any connection between the three shooting episodes, and that at that time they did not link the shooting at Trosterud to any special criminal environments or conflicts, and that they kept all possibilities open.
– This is a shooting outside that takes place in the middle of a residential area, and is a very high priority issue. This is a case we do not link to conflicts or criminal environments, she said then.
After they arrested the man who is now being released on Tuesday, Metlid would not go further into what was the background for the man being arrested. She also did not want to say anything further about whether the man had a relationship with the two victims.
VG has been in contact with the accused man’s defender, Henrik Boehlke, who says that he can not yet comment on the police’s decision on release as he has been busy with another case in court all Thursday.
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