Våler municipality in Innlandet has set up a crisis team after a man was found dead in Braskereidfoss on the night of Sunday.
A woman in her 50s has been arrested and charged with the murder. She will be questioned on Sunday afternoon.
The small settlement in Våler has only 257 inhabitants.
– We think this is terribly sad. We are affected, everyone who is familiar with the matter. It is a sad day for us.
This is what mayor Harry Vinje (H) says to NRK.
He believes that it is a strength that the municipality is so small, because then you take care of each other.
Mayor Harry Vinje asks the residents of the municipality to stick together and not contribute to the spread of rumours.
Photo: Frode Meskau / NRK
At the same time, the mayor says that this can also quickly lead to the spread of rumours, which he urges people to avoid.
– That is my strongest message, that we stand together. We are a small village, so standing together and showing care is the most important thing, he says.
Arrested a short time later
It was 00:07 on Sunday night when the police received a report of a violent incident in Våler.
When the police arrived at the scene, they found a man seriously injured inside a residence. Attempts were made to revive him, but the man was pronounced dead a short time later.
A woman in her 50s was arrested a short time later. She did not live in the house where the murder took place and was arrested at her own home, a few kilometers away.
There was no one else present when the woman was arrested, and the arrest took place without drama, says police attorney Vibeke Stolp Ekeland.
The woman will be produced for remand on Monday. The prosecution will ask that she be imprisoned for four weeks, two of which in solitary confinement.
The police will not say anything about the cause of death for the time being, because they do not want it to affect any witnesses.
The man’s relatives have been notified.
Crime scene technicians have been working at the scene throughout the night.
Photo: Frode Meskau / NRK
The roommate was a witness
Henning Klauseie says that it was an acquaintance of the now accused woman who alerted the police.
The accused woman is not related to the murdered man.
– It is early in the investigation, but we have an overview that indicates that there has been a relationship that is not familial, but acquaintance between the two involved, says Klauseie.
Police inspector Henning Klauseie at the Innlandet police district says that a woman in her 50s is charged with the murder.
Photo: Anne Kari Løberg / NRK
The man’s partner was also in the house when the murder happened, and is being questioned as a witness. This is confirmed by police prosecutor Vibeke Stolp Ekeland to NRK.
Both the victim and the accused are known to the police from before, but not in cases as serious as this one.
The man was found murdered in the small town of Braskereidfoss in Innlandet.
Have confiscated items
The woman accused of murder was arrested by the police in a residence a few kilometers away, shortly after the man was found.
The police have so far little information about the background to what has happened. Klauseie says that questioning will be carried out with several people involved on Sunday and Monday.
A woman was quickly arrested in another residence after the murder.
Photo: Frode Meskau / NRK
The police have seized a mobile phone and objects that can be directly linked to the murder. But they won’t say if this is a weapon or what kind of object it is.
The accused woman in her 50s has not been questioned yet, but has been presented with the charge. She will be questioned during the day.
NRK has been in contact with Frode Aabak, who has been appointed as the woman’s defender. He cannot yet say anything about the case or how his client is responding to the charges.
The police found an object in the home that is linked to the crime.
Photo: Frode Meskau / NRK
People are in shock
Braskereidfoss is a small settlement in Våler municipality with 257 inhabitants. A source NRK has been in contact with says that the case affects everyone.
– People are shocked, says the person who lives not far from where the man was found dead.
Published 07/04/2024, at 06.17 Updated 07.04.2024, at 16.11
2024-04-07 13:47:21
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