It was the night of Friday 9 December that Hans Arne Nystad (49) was shot and killed by the police in Lavangen in Troms. Police Chief Astrid Nilsen explained after the incident that the police officer who fired a series of shots at the wheel loader that Nystad was in did so because he felt it was a life-threatening situation. The charge from the police is thus in line with the explanation of the employees who were on the scene. It was the newspaper Nordlys that first reported the charge. The police also confirm this to news. The police fired “a large number of shots” at the man, according to the Bureau. Photo: Hanne Wilhelms / news The fact that the situation was perceived as life-threatening must also be the reason why the police have charged Nystad with attempted murder. – It is because coercive measures have been used in the case against the deceased, which means that he automatically has the status of accused, says police attorney Ronny Jørgensen. He says the police’s preliminary findings in the case point to charges as a correct assessment. The service performance itself is investigated by the special unit. The police officer who fired the shot is, in turn, a suspect under Section 274 of the Criminal Code for grievous bodily harm. As a result of the recent charges against the deceased man, the two police officers have been assigned a lawyer. news has not yet succeeded in getting in touch with him. The police car was overturned on its side during the confrontation. Photo: Hanne Wilhelms / news Elden: – Ugly attempt to influence John Christian Elden is the legal representative for the deceased man’s three adult children. He believes the charge from the police is “very timely”. – It seems like a desperate attempt to influence the special unit in its work. And also a little absurd that they think it is likely that someone sitting in a wheel loader unarmed will have murderous intent, while someone who fires 19 shots at him and kills him, did not realize that he would die and is therefore only suspected of bodily harm. – This is an ugly attempt to influence, says Elden to news. Elden told news earlier this week that the Bureau made contact with the court on its own initiative, and believed that the case is so serious and special that he should act as legal counsel for all three children of the deceased. John Christian Elden is the legal representative for the descendants of the deceased in the case. Photo: Marthe Synnøve Johannessen / news This must have happened The confrontation must have occurred after health personnel were called to the scene. They are said to have asked for assistance from the police, who were first on the scene. The Bureau wrote in a press release on Wednesday that the now deceased 49-year-old was in the cab of the wheel loader on the farm yard. – The wheel loader came into contact with the police car so that it overturned. One officer was sitting in the police car when this happened. The other officer, who had moved out of the police car, fired shots with his service weapon that hit the deceased. The municipality of Lavangen in Troms has just under 1,000 inhabitants. Photo: Bjørn Rasch Tellefsen – A larger number of shots were fired, says the press release. The officer who fired the shot is a suspect in the case, the unit writes on its website. This is the Bureau: The Bureau for Police Affairs was established on 1 January 2005. Their task is to investigate cases concerning the question of whether employees of the police or the prosecution have committed a criminal offense in the service. The unit is not part of the police, but an independent organization which is administratively subordinate to the Ministry of Justice and professionally subordinate to the Attorney General. Consists of regional investigation departments as well as a central management and staff in Hamar. In line with the Bureau’s mandate, all cases where someone dies or is seriously injured as a result of the police’s performance of their duties must be investigated. Source: The Bureau A minute’s silence was held On Thursday, there was a board meeting in Lavangen municipality. There, the politicians took the time to highlight the event that has characterized the village over the past week. Just under 1,000 people live in the municipality. Mayor of Lavangen, Hege Beate Rollmoen (Ap), says the residents are affected. Photo: Ida Louise Rostad / news – I ask that we all stand up, and that in memory of Hans Arne we have a minute’s silence, said Mayor Hege Beate Rollmoen when she opened the meeting. She says it will be a different Christmas for many this year. – It’s in the back of my mind all the time. We get the reports in the media every day. It does something to us, says Rollmoen to news.
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The man who was shot and killed by the police in Lavangen in Troms has been charged with attempted murder – news Troms and Finnmark
