The case in summary Three people have been charged after Christian was stabbed outside his own home. None of them are in custody. Christian and his assistant lawyer are critical of the police’s handling of the case, partly because the accused were released shortly after arrest, and because the police have not responded to their inquiries. The police say they make ongoing assessments of whether the accused should be remanded in custody. They will not answer whether they have control over everyone involved in the case. The summary is made by an AI service from OpenAI. The content is quality assured by news’s journalists before publication. – If the knife had not hit the rib and changed direction, it would have gone straight to the heart. That’s what the doctor told Christian when he woke up in Ullevål hospital. On 1 November, he was stabbed outside his own home at Sellebakk in Fredrikstad. – I thought I was going to die. They couldn’t stop the bleeding and it was complete chaos. Three people have been charged with grievous bodily harm or complicity in this. None of them are in custody. – I am terrified that they will attack me again. I have never seen – or had any contact with them before, claims Christian. Christian may have been stabbed with a folding knife, according to the epicrisis from the hospital. Photo: Benjamin Vorland Andersrød / news He was stabbed through the shoulder blade, via a rib and through the torso close to the heart. Photo: Benjamin Vorland Andersrød / news news has gained access to Christian’s epic crisis from Ullevål hospital. There it emerges that one of his lungs was punctured after the stabbing. He also suffered fractures to his shoulder blade and ribs. In addition, the chest cavity was filled with blood when he arrived at the hospital. For the sake of Christian and his family, he is only referred to by his first name in this case. news is familiar with Christian’s full identity. There were visible traces of blood in the snow outside Christian’s apartment when crime scene technicians worked on the scene. Photo: Even Bjøringsøy Johnsen / news Reacting to the police’s handling Both Christian and his legal aid lawyer are critical of the police’s handling of the case. There are several reasons for this: All the accused were released shortly after their arrest, although one of them was on the run for ten days. Christian’s legal aid lawyer has not received a single written response from the police to his inquiries, despite the fact that he has requested a violence alarm for his client and asked them to carry out new investigative steps. Two men and a woman are charged with the attack on Christian. He himself believes there were three men. news has also received confirmation of this from a woman who witnessed the incident. On the same day as the stabbing, the police told Fredriksstad Blad that they had a “strong hypothesis” that there was a conflict between those involved. Christian rejects that. The police did not want to give an interview to news about the case, but have sent a written reply by e-mail. Photo: Even Bjøringsøy Johnsen / news – I was an obstacle Christian believes those who attacked him tried to kidnap a woman who was visiting with another couple of friends. – I prevented them from kidnapping her. She was tried to be dragged into the car. They had no other motive than to get past me. I was an obstacle. Assistance lawyer Sugin Varatharajan reacts to the fact that the police went out to the media early on and launched the hypothesis of an underlying conflict as the cause. – Everyone involved is really clear that they have no knowledge of each other, he says. Previous criminal conviction Christian has been convicted several times in the past. news has reviewed all the sentences he has received. We have not found any possible links between Christian and the accused in any of the sentences. However, he has been convicted several times for criminal offenses against his former roommates several years ago – including violence, threats and breach of a restraining order. Christian denies having used violence. In the last 15 years, he has been convicted a number of times for driving under the influence of drugs. Last year he was also convicted for running over a man close to a pedestrian crossing. Was wanted: Was released Two of the accused in the case were released the day after the stabbing occurred. The third was internationally wanted, and was on the run for ten days before he was arrested. He was released just hours after his arrest. The police believe that there is no risk of recurrence. – I almost don’t think it’s true. The police are gambling with my life, says Christian. Christian was stabbed in the back after what he describes as a basket attack with three men on 1 November. Photo: Benjamin Vorland Andersrød / news He has previously told Fredriksstad Blad about the fear of new attacks. Since all the accused have been released, they also have the opportunity to coordinate their explanations and destroy evidence. In addition, they will be able to influence the explanations of other witnesses. news has tried to get in touch with the defenders of the three people who have been charged. None of them have yet responded to our inquiries. It is therefore unclear how the accused respond to the charges. The police: – Ongoing assessments The police did not want to be interviewed by news about the case. Only after two weeks of repeated reminders about an interview request did they send us a written reply by e-mail. In the e-mail, police lawyer Anders Kristoffer Johansen writes that they understand that it can provoke reactions when wanted persons are released shortly after arrest. – At the same time, there are ongoing assessments that must be made during every stage of the investigation. Imprisonment is the strictest tool we have, and it must be carefully assessed whether it is necessary, writes Johansen. Police crime technicians worked at the scene for many hours on Wednesday 1 November. Photo: Even Bjøringsøy Johnsen / news – Never experienced such reluctance from the police The three charged in the case have been banned from visiting Christian. They also have an obligation to report, and must attend regularly at their nearest police station. It is not enough to reassure Christian. He claims he has been approached in his immediate environment by people from the same environment as those who attacked him, and no longer dares to live in his own home. When news was in contact with Christian for the first time in November, the police did not want to give him a violence alarm, even though he had requested it several times. – When an aggrieved person has been exposed to significant trauma, as my client has been exposed to here, I have never experienced such reluctance on the part of the police before, says assistance lawyer Sugin Varatharajan. Assistant lawyer Sugin Varatharajan has not received a single written response from the police to his repeated inquiries about the case. The picture was taken on another occasion. Photo: Andreas de Brito Jonassen / news It wasn’t until five weeks after the stabbing that the police turned around. Last Friday, Christian was assigned a violence alarm. – It is important to emphasize that that assessment was not made as a result of a new security assessment, but because of the victim’s expressed desire for this, writes police attorney Johansen. Public prosecutor Varatharajan has in recent weeks asked the police to carry out more investigative steps in the case. – I still have not received any written answers to my inquiries to them, he says. This is what a violence alarm looks like. It is similar to a mobile phone, but has only one function: to call the police if an unsolved incident occurs. The picture was taken on another occasion. Photo: Øystein Antonsen / news Believes three men attacked Christian is certain that it was three men who attacked him outside the home on 1 November. A woman who witnessed the incident is also clear that it was three men who attacked. To news, the woman says that she said this to the police officers she spoke to at the scene. She is also said to have explained the same in a later police interview. At the same time, there are two men and a woman who have the status of being charged after the attack. news has asked the police if they have control over all the people who were involved in the incident. They do not want to answer that, for the sake of the investigation.
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