– What happened in Visby yesterday is very sad. Our thoughts go to a fantastic sister event, says mayor of Arendal Robert Cornels Nordli (Labor). On Wednesday, the well-known psychiatrist Ing-Marie Wieselgren (64) was stabbed and killed when she participated in Almedalsveckan. The suspected perpetrator is said to have links to the neo-Nazi movement, according to Swedish media. Have low shoulders The political event in Visby on Gotland is the inspiration behind Arendalsuka, where the Norwegian political elite gathers. Although there have been several serious incidents in Oslo, Copenhagen and Sweden, Nordli Arendal believes it will be a safe place to be from 15-19. August. – I have very low shoulders related to this year’s event, despite what has happened. The police are very good at their assessments, he says. Mayor of Arendal Robert Cornels Nordli also heads Arendalsuka’s council. Photo: Per-Kåre Sandbakk / news Can change The police in Agder tell news that they will not implement extra measures during Arendal week as a result of the incident in Sweden. – We do not plan based on individual events we have seen recently. We do this based on the national threat picture. This is what the chief of staff in the Agder police district, Vidar Arnesen, says. He points out that isolated incidents can obviously affect the national threat picture. – If the threat picture changes, the measures will also change, he says. The week is planned together with organizers, the municipality and local intelligence. – We will be present both in the preventive track and visible during the event itself, says Arnesen. Vidar Arnesen, acting chief of staff in the Agder police district, says they plan Arendal week in close collaboration with the municipality and organizers. Photo: Agder police district Assessing individual events Agder police district recently established an assessment group. Here, the threat for each individual event must be considered. This was done when the threat picture in Norway changed overnight after the mass shooting in Oslo during the pride weekend. The police security service (PST) raised the threat level from 3 to 4 (high terrorist threat journ.anm.). The police in Agder then saw a need to get a better overview of all events that take place in the summer. – We get information about the type of event and what profile they have. Then we set a level assessment, and implement measures in relation to it, says Arnesen. Arendal Week has been held for ten years. Here from the opening ceremony last year. Photo: Hans Erik Weiby Nearly 100,000 participants Mayor Nordli says he has received many questions in the last 24 hours about how events in recent weeks will affect the event. – I am very confident in the assessments the police have made. We should be happy that we are so safe here in Norway, he says. Arendal Week was first held in 2012. Last year, around 100,000 participated.
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Arendalsuka does not take extra measures after the murder during Almedalsveckan – news Sørlandet – Local news, TV and radio
