Confirms explosives in Fredrikstad – news Østfold – Local news, TV and radio

The emergency services responded on Monday morning to a report of a suspicious object in Enggata in Fredrikstad. The police bomb squad worked at the scene for several hours. – Further investigations will be carried out into the contents and the object. This is what the East Police District says in a press release, Tuesday. – An investigation has been launched and we are investigating the matter broadly. We have several hypotheses in the case, and one of the hypotheses is whether the location of the object was not the correct target. Prosecutor Benedicte Granrud says no one is a suspect in the case as of now. – It is very early in the investigation. We work broadly and have several different hypotheses. Beyond that, we do not wish to comment on the object and its contents, says Granrud. Prosecutor Benedicte Granrud. Photo: Bård Nafstad / news – Several witness interviews have been taken in the case and the police are now making inquiries in the area. The information we collect is checked against the police’s hypotheses, says Granrud. The police bomb squad worked for several hours in a neighborhood in Fredrikstad. Photo: Even Bjøringsøy Johnsen / news Several were evacuated Several nearby residents were evacuated. There is both a school and a nursery near the address where the object was found. There are around 50 pupils at the school. Just before 2pm on Monday, the police reported that the bomb squad had secured the object. The police cordoned off large parts of the neighborhood on the east side of Fredrikstad. – We asked that the children at school and in the nursery school should stay indoors for safety reasons, said leader of the East police district Frode Petersen to news. The police investigated the garden where a suspicious object was found. Photo: Even Bjøringsøy Johnsen / news Petersen said that the police were called by the person who lives at the address. – We received a call that a person had found a strange object in their garden. In this connection, we called in the bomb squad. The person who lives at the address has been questioned. If the public has tips in the case, the police show their website. The police evacuated several residents in the area. Photo: Even Bjøringsøy Johnsen / news Published 22.10.2024, at 11.57 Updated 22.10.2024, at 13.19



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