– These are difficult days and all our thoughts go out to the relatives who are left with an unresolved situation. That’s what Lyngdal mayor Unni Nilsen Husøy (Frp) says. It was on Monday that the municipality got confirmation that it was a boy from Lyngdal who was missing in Vigeland, in the neighboring municipality of Lindesnes. – It affects the entire municipality, all the residents, the neighboring municipalities and I think it affects more or less all the country’s municipalities. The mayor has great sympathy for the boy’s family, who are in a difficult situation. A school class is affected At a primary school in Lyngdal, a desk is empty. The municipality works to look after the class and the teachers at the relevant school. – We have worked to make the school day good and safe for the students who are affected. The municipality puts in the necessary resources to ensure that everyday life is as good as possible, says Husøy. What kind of help and support can you offer to the next of kin? – We have a psychosocial crisis team that has been deployed and we offer relatives the help they may need during the process. We put all the resources we have here in the municipality at our disposal, according to what the needs of the relatives are, says the mayor. Volunteers are getting ready to participate in the search on Tuesday. Photo: Per-Kåre Sandbakk / news – The hope is there In the center of Lyngdal, most people know someone who is participating in the search operation. – Those who have the opportunity and the opportunity stand up, says Ingrid Olsen. She herself has children who are involved in the search, and who know the parents of the boy who is missing. – It is a large terrain and it is unmanageable. It is difficult, but there is hope. That is the most important thing. She says that it is a small local environment and that “everyone knows everyone”. Ingrid Olsen lives in Lyngdal and has children who are involved in the search operation. Photo: Miriam Grov / news – It’s a very sad situation Linas Zukauskas works at a shop in Lyngdal centre. He says that the case makes an impression on the Lyngdøls, and that everyone is concerned about it. – It is a very sad situation, I think. Poor boy and poor family. We try to help with what we can, so three men from the shop here are out helping with the search, he says. How does it affect the atmosphere in Lyngdal? – There are few people in the town, we try to keep up to date with what is happening in the newspaper and many people help to search. Linas Zukauskas works in a hunting shop in the center of Lyngdal. Several of his colleagues are participating in the search operation. Photo: Miriam Grov / news Great involvement The case has involved far beyond the municipal borders. Several hundred volunteers participate in the search and people travel from large parts of the country to contribute. The strong commitment affects the mayor of the small municipality. – It is clear that it makes a big impression. Both the work that search crews do, the volunteerism shown by residents and people who come from afar to help. Husøy would like to thank everyone who gets involved. – It shows how much people care, so we just have to thank everyone for the effort they put in, says the mayor of Lyngdal municipality. The case arouses great interest, far beyond the municipal boundary. Photo: Konrad Grimestad
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