– It is brutal and unimaginable. We cannot quite understand that this has happened to one of ours. Now we are fully focused on looking after pupils and the adults, says principal Tore Mydland at Slettheia school. On Wednesday afternoon, two people were found dead in a home in Vågsbygd in Kristiansand. The deceased are a mother and her daughter (8), according to the police. The case is being investigated as a double murder. The eight-year-old girl was a student in the third grade at the school. The headmaster says that the incident affects both pupils and staff. The flag is flown at half-mast at Slettheia school in Kristiansand. Photo: Tor Erik Schrøder / NTB – We all know grief and despair. This is a terrible thing that affects everyone, says Mydland. Sletteheia school has around 260 pupils. This morning, the pupils were received by class and looked after in the best possible way, according to the headmaster. – The third class has had a separate assembly where they have been able to talk to safe adults and put things into words, says the headmaster. Two people were found dead in a home in Kristiansand on Wednesday. The police believe the dead were mother and daughter and are investigating the incident as a double homicide. Photo: Eirik Rognaldsen / news The crisis team involved early on – It is terrible when you experience murder, it also gets extra bad when there are children involved, says Mayor Jan Oddvar Skisland (Ap) to news. He says that the municipality’s crisis team was involved early on to help follow up the relatives and those closest to them. He says the school has had time to plan how they will handle the case. – A message has gone out to the parents at Slettheia school about how the students will be received when they come to school today, says Skisland. He says that the staff at the school will receive close follow-up and that the school administration has good competence to follow this up. He encourages parents to talk to their children about this. – Important to follow up The Mayor believes that the most important thing today will be to follow up fellow students. The municipality’s crisis team works closely with relatives and those closest to them. – It may also be that not everyone who needs follow-up is caught. This is a dramatic event that will not go away in a day or a week, says Skisland. – Fortunately, we are a large municipality that has a large apparatus that is ready to go out in such situations and we have the opportunity to invest a lot of resources, says the mayor. Mayor of Kristiansand Jan Oddvar Skisland says that such incidents do not go away in a day or a week, and that the municipality has a lot of resources it can use to follow up the relatives. Photo: Per-Kåre Sandbakk Hi! Do you have any tips related to this case? Please send me an email.
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