It was on Monday 21 October that the police had to go to Østsiden in Fredrikstad after a suspicious object was found. Several people in the area were evacuated. It was later confirmed that the item contained explosives. The man who has now been arrested has a previous criminal conviction, and has links to a Halden-based network which the police have described as “a danger to democracy”. This is shown by news’s investigations. The police have previously arrested three people. A total of four people have now been arrested. Hypothesis: Criminal network is behind Last Tuesday, a Finnish woman was arrested. She lives in Sweden. The police are working to get the woman extradited to Norway. – We are in dialogue about this, said Benedicte Granrud when the woman was arrested. She is the prosecuting officer in the East police district. The police have a central hypothesis that a criminal network is behind it, and that the case has ramifications abroad. Crime scene technicians worked at the site where the explosives were found. Photo: Even Bjøringsøy Johnsen / news A Swedish 28-year-old and a Norwegian 31-year-old have already been remanded in custody in the case. Both deny criminal guilt. The child’s family has the status of victim The family who lives at the address where the object was found has been given the status of victim in the case. This is reported by Fredriksstad Blad. Another person who lives in the same neighborhood has also been given the status of offended. According to the police, information in the case suggests that this person may have been the target of the bomb. Published 07.11.2024, at 13.46 Updated 07.11.2024, at 14.06
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