A report of concern on 9 January led the Main Rescue Center to launch a search operation for a shark with two people on board off Slettnes in Gamvik.
Six days later, a dead person was found on the shore, southeast of Gamvik in Finnmark.
– The person showed signs of lying for a while and was wearing clothes, said operations manager Tarjei Leinan-Mathisen in Finnmark police district to iFinnmark.
On Friday, the police confirm the identity of the deceased.
Here they seek: – Dangerous
Found dead
– The police have today received an answer to the forensic examinations and which confirms that it was the missing Reidar Nilsen who was found dead on Maundy Thursday 14 April in Gamvik municipality, the police write in a press release.
Nilsen had been missing since the shipwreck on May 9, and at the beginning of February the search outside Gamvik was canceled. Nilsen was previously leader of the Norwegian Fishermen’s Association.
His son Remi Andre Nilsen (43) was also found dead after the shipwreck.
Police confirm that relatives have been notified.
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