A woman in her late teens was sent to hospital on Monday afternoon after being assaulted on the open street in Ballangen. It is a conurbation in Narvik municipality. The woman, who is of foreign origin, is said to have been kicked and beaten with a wooden stick. Witnesses to the incident took the woman to the ambulance and the police came to the scene. – It appears to the police as an exercise of force that is motivated by what we call hate crime. There is no relationship between those who would suggest that the event should happen. It is based on ethnicity, skin color and religion. That’s what the police prosecutor in Narvik, Elisabeth Nutti, says. The perpetrator is a man in his 20s. The police have arrested him and will produce him for remand tomorrow, according to Nutti. Tore down the Palestinian flag The man also tore down a flag ahead of the incident. – It was a Palestinian flag, says the police attorney. The woman and the flag have no connection to each other, according to the police. They do not yet know why he tore down a Palestinian flag, because he has not explained himself to the police about that. The man is known to the police, and according to Nutti, it concerns cases of threats, violence and weapons. – There are some typical physical insults, and threats and violence against public servants. Carrying weapons in a public place and bodily harm, she says. A man in his 20s beat down a young woman in Ballangen and tore down a Palestinian flag. Yesterday, the perpetrator was produced before a doctor who will assess his mental state. – He has been produced before a doctor, and then it says to know the conclusion. It is the doctor who must assess what should be done with him, whether he should be admitted for compulsory observation, says the police attorney. The charge may be upgraded On the basis of the preliminary witness observations and what the police found out at the scene, both from the victim and witness, the preliminary charge is a hate crime. – We code cases in relation to what is currently inside. According to the provisional title, as he is now, he is coded as a hate crime. It is based on skin colour, ethnicity and religion, says the police attorney. The young woman’s injuries appeared to be moderate yesterday. She had pain in her head and upper body, and was taken to the University Hospital of Northern Norway in Narvik. She is still there, according to Nutti. – The offended party has been admitted to hospital, so the charge may be upgraded to grievous bodily harm. Published 27.08.2024, at 14.06 Updated 27.08.2024, at 14.51
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Beating up a woman in Ballangen – being investigated as a hate crime – news Nordland
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