The police report chaos in Fredrikstad, with young people committing violence against the police. More will be brought in, the police tell VG.
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The case is being updated.
At 20.50 on Monday, the police in the East report that young people use violence against the police on Stortorget in Fredrikstad.
– It started with a police patrol reprimanding a minor affair with someone. The patrol is then attacked by a few dozen young people, who, among other things, start pushing the police. Then it escalates, and it starts to be bottle and stone throwing.
This is what operations manager Terje Marstad tells VG. Several patrols were called, and at 21.18, when VG talks to the police, between 15 and 20 police patrols are on the scene, he states.
He has no information that anyone is injured yet.
– The police reported that several hundred young people were aggressive. But there is no question that several hundred young people have used violence against the police?
– No, I do not mean that. But there were several hundred present. That is why I have given notice to those who have only been there to watch and are curious to pull away, says the operations manager.
The police announced early on Twitter that there was talk of several hundred aggressive young people, but have thus moderated in retrospect.
VG’s photographer on the spot witnessed a young man jump up and kick a policeman, before he ran away. The situation has calmed down by 9.30 pm, but there is still a massive police presence on the spot.
At 9.50 pm, the police report that Stortorget has mostly been cleared, but that they do not have control over everything yet.
– The helicopter assists us in keeping track of the air. Several are brought in for arrest.
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POLICE HELICOPTER: A police helicopter circles Monday night over Fredrikstad city center.
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– Seriously that people interfere in the work of the police
The operations manager states that they have broken up the accumulation on Stortorvet, but that it is still a chaotic situation. The police helicopter hangs over the city to give the police an overview. The operations manager says that the situation may have changed during the conversation with VG.
– We already have control over some people. We will eventually bring in more people here, says Marstad
– Are the young people drunk?
– It is not significant here. We take it seriously that people get involved in police work, he says.
– Can you say something about the age group the young people are in and whether they belong to one or more gangs?
– It is too early to say anything about both age and gangs. We have not yet spoken to the young people.
—-SERIOUS: The police describe what is happening in Fredrikstad as “a serious incident”. Photo: Gisle Oddstad
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Already at 15.30, the police asked parents in Fredrikstad to contact their young people, after meeting many drunk young people.
– Several are not able to take care of themselves, said operations manager Terje Marstad in the Eastern police district to NTB earlier in the day.
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