Major police operation after shooting at Grønmo in Oslo – found animal blood – news Norway – Overview of news from different parts of the country

The emergency services have a number of resources in the area around Grønmo in Oslo after reports of gunshots. At 19.29 the police write that a quantity of blood has been found at the scene. – We have received confirmation that this is not human blood, but most likely originates from an animal, says head of operations in the police in Oslo, Thomas Broberg to news. Witnesses tell the police that they should have heard “animal screams” in the period in question. – Nevertheless, we are fully investigating. Observations have been made which we want to get to the bottom of. There is still a good deal of pressure on the case, but we are stepping down from the acute, he says. Operations leader in the Oslo police, Thomas Broberg, says that the police found animal blood at the scene. Photo: David Skovly / news Several ambulances at the scene – We have received a report that shots have been fired at the scene, the police write at 18.35. news observes a number of emergency vehicles at the scene, including several ambulances. There is also a helicopter flying overhead. The police emergency team appears to have investigated a cordoned off area. – No injured persons or anything else that indicates that someone has been shot at has been found, the police write. The police reported the incident at 18:35. The incident happened about half an hour before the police were notified. A number of ambulance vehicles are on the scene following reports of gunfire near Grønmo in Oslo. Photo: Runar Jørstad / news The police are searching in the area The police operations leader, Thomas Broberg, says that they received a report at 1814 today that shots were heard, at Grønmo, or what was described as shots. – So we travel to the site with a large commitment of resources, and are now searching the area. We are looking for both a crime scene, possibly, and for interesting people or cars. – It is important for me to emphasize that there have been no findings of injured persons or concrete findings of anything at the scene. We are talking to witnesses who have reported about this, about some observations that have been made, which we are checking out, says Broberg to news. He says that he does not want to comment on what the witnesses have seen, but that they are verifying what the witnesses say. Why have you blocked off an area? – There is an area we are investigating to see if it could be the scene of the crime. Roberg says that they are working to eliminate if there are injured people in the area.



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