Incidents of violence in Tromsø are being investigated as murder – news Troms and Finnmark

The cause of death has not yet been confirmed after a man in his 60s has been declared dead after being subjected to violence in a house in Tromsø last night. A man in his 20s has been arrested and charged with the act. The accused has been appointed Ken Olav Warth as defense counsel. He confirms that there is a family relationship between the accused and the deceased. Lawyer Ken Olav Warth has been appointed as defense counsel for the accused man in his 20s. Photo: Law firm Ringberg, Crogh, Warth & Bjørsvik AS – I have not yet had contact with the accused, and it has to do with his state of health, Warth says to news. – Will the one he is produced for imprisonment today? – Whether it will be today or tomorrow, I do not know, but it is natural that the police will consider custody. The man has not yet been questioned. Warth will now try to get in touch with the accused, as well as with the prosecuting authority to clarify whether the accused can be questioned during the day. It was at 21.17 Friday night that the police received a report of a loud quarrel between two parties on Tromsøya. Police were on the scene nine minutes later at. 21.26. Then there had been a serious incident of violence between the two parties. – We have invested large resources in the case. We are conducting tactical and technical investigations on the spot, says Roy Tore Meyer, operations manager in Troms police district. The police and forensic technicians were on the scene early after a report of a loud quarrel on Sør-Tromsøya. Photo: Hanne Wilhelms / news



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