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Death after stabbing: – Hunting the perpetrator

The emergency services moved out to Åros in Asker municipality on Friday afternoon, after notification of possible stabbing.

The police were notified of the incident at 12:34.

For a while, work was done with life-saving first aid on the injured, who were confirmed dead just after 13:30. according to Budstikka the deceased is a young man.

– The reason must have been a fight between the deceased and another person. The latter had a knife that should have been used in the basket roof, says police task leader Brian Skotnes to the newspaper.

Operations Manager Christian Krohn Engeseth stated shortly after the incident that the police had found a knife on the spot.


APPLICANT: The police use a helicopter in search of a possible perpetrator. Photo: Nina Hansen / Dagbladet
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The police currently have no indications that anyone has seen the actual episode of violence, according to operations manager Engeseth.

– But we are beginning to form a picture of what may have happened, he says to Dagbladet.

It is not clear where the stabbing took place. A witness is said to have found the now deceased person on the street, and then alerted the emergency services. The suspected perpetrator is said to have run from the scene.

The police are questioning witnesses, and conducting technical and tactical investigations on the spot. In parallel, they search for a possible perpetrator.

Dagbladet updates the case.

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