The parents were informed via the kindergarten’s message service.
After the two young men tried to lift the child over the fence, they must have gone into the cloakroom to retrieve the child.
– They were shown away from the nursery quietly and calmly, the board writes to parents about the incident.
NRK has spoken to an employee who saw what happened. The person does not wish to speak to NRK.
Director Anita Bjørnøy says that she takes the incident very seriously.
– Must sum us up
Bjørnøy will spend time with the staff to find out about the situation, she tells NRK on Wednesday evening.
– We haven’t quite got our bearings yet. I will have a meeting with the staff tomorrow morning, says Bjørnøy to NRK.
In the information sent to parents, the board says that they will work on safety.
– The nursery is introducing measures in the outdoor time in the future, so that safety is ensured, says the message to the nursery’s parents.
Two men allegedly tried to lure a child from Åsgårdstrand kindergarten with them on Wednesday.
Photo: Tom Ole Buaas / NRK
Referred to as a decoy case
The police say they are working to establish what happened.
They have spoken to the nursery school and parents, and see the incident as a “luring case”.
– We are trying to map out what has happened. We have no indication of who this is and what relationship they have. Hopefully the investigation will uncover something, says operations manager Øyvind Hammervold at the South-East police district.
He says the police want more patrols out working on this case.
Security measures in all the municipality’s kindergartens
Horten municipality agrees information to citizens on their websites. The incident is described as serious.
Someone tried, fortunately without success, to lure one of our children with them, the message says.
– Like you parents, employees, children and other residents of the municipality, we are both frightened and upset by what we hear, the municipality writes on its website.
– Fortunately, it went well, but it is completely understandable and completely natural to be left with both fear and many questions after something like this has happened.
The municipality asks for your understanding that they cannot say more about the case for reasons of investigation and privacy.
– Rest assured that we are taking this incident very seriously.
On Thursday, extra security measures will be put in place in all the municipality’s kindergartens.
2023-05-04 07:54:40
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