The youth worker who was stabbed is a 17-year-old boy.
The attack is said to have taken place in the library’s youth department.
The police are on the scene with several patrols and are looking for one perpetrator.
The boy’s injuries are not life-threatening, and has been taken to hospital.
The police do not yet know what the motive for the stabbing was.
Targeted
– The perpetrator has entered and targeted the person concerned, carried out the act and left the scene, says the incident leader at the scene, Anders Rønning.
The perpetrator must have had his face covered.
ON THE SITE: Operations leader Anders Rønning
Photo: Zhilwan Manbari / NRK
The police say it appears that it is not a random stabbing, but that there is an underlying conflict.
They are now investigating the history and background of the parties involved. In addition, they are investigating the scene, interviewing witnesses and collecting video material from the library and from buildings in the area.
– This is a serious matter. There are both young people and children in the library when this happens. We look very seriously at this type of incident that happens so early in the evening on a Tuesday with so many children and young people at the scene, says Rønning.
The police cannot rule out that there are more people involved, but say it seems as if one person is behind it.
INVESTIGATOR: The police are on the scene with several patrols.
Photo: Zhilwan Manbari / NRK
– The very worst thing that can happen
FOLLOWING UP: Director of Communications at Deichman Jørn Johansen
Photo: Erik Thallaug / Deichman
Communications director at Deichman, Jørn Johansen, says they must assess whether they will remain open for the next few days and whether they must tighten security.
– In the first instance, it is about safeguarding life and health, and ensuring that those who were present are looked after in a proper way, and of course also the person who has been exposed to this.
– Were there many people in the library when it happened?
– Several people were present.
He is horrified by what has happened.
– The fact that violence is practiced in the library is the very, very worst thing for us. It is something we take very seriously, says Johansen.
2024-01-16 18:57:21
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