The case in summary: A man in his 40s was lured to a meeting by young people in Agder, where they filmed him, accused him of being a pedophile and published the video online. Five people between the ages of 16 and 19 have been arrested and charged in the case, accused of deprivation of liberty. The police are aware that the video has been shared, and it is a criminal offense to share this type of video. A person has been charged with sharing the video. Several videos have recently been published online in which so-called “pedo hunters” attack. Kripos expresses concern about this development. The summary is made by an AI service from OpenAi. The content is quality assured by news’s journalists before publication. – The police became aware of the incident when we received a report from the victim at the beginning of May, says acting police investigation manager in Agder police district, Karoline Holmgren Skarpenes. The meeting between the man and the young people in Agder was filmed and later published on at least two social media. Was met by several young people In the video, a message thread is shown which appears to be a message exchange with the man. news has chosen not to share this message thread where messages of a sexual nature are written. Age is also a topic in the message exchange. At the meeting place, the man is met by several young people. In the video, he is filmed and taken to a bench where he is asked to sit down. They also demand to get his mobile phone. The sound of the voices in the video is distorted. On the bench, he is held firmly while large letters are written on his forehead. – What have I done, asks the man in the video. – You are here to meet a 15-year-old boy, replies one of them. – I was supposed to greet someone. He didn’t say he was 15 years old, replies the man in the video. The word “pedo” is also mentioned by one of the young people. In the video, the man is also identified with his full name and personal details. Five people arrested On Thursday last week, five people aged 16-19 were arrested and charged in the case. – They are charged with deprivation of liberty based on what we know about the incident so far. I cannot go into what the various actors have explained in questioning, says Skarpenes. news has been in contact with several of the defendants’ defenders. – My client does not admit criminal guilt, says Knut Henning Larsen, who represents one of the accused. Neither he nor the other lawyers will comment on the case. The police refer to the investigation into the case as “significant”. – We have explanations from both the victim and the accused. Regarding the motive, we have several hypotheses. We hope that a review of digital devices, together with other evidence, will give us an answer to that, says the head of the investigation. – Which environment the accused belong to and whether they have branches to other groupings or networks are some of the things the investigation will hopefully provide answers to, she says. Charged with video sharing The police state that they are aware that all or parts of the incident have been filmed and shared. They emphasize that it is a criminal offense to share this type of video further. A person has been charged with sharing the video. – We continuously consider cooperation with other units and districts, says the head of the investigation. news has been in contact with the man’s legal counsel. – My client wants to give the police peace and time to investigate the case and therefore does not want to make any statements now, says the man’s legal aid lawyer Jorunn Karin Ingebretsen to news. More videos online – news, worried about the crime scene, said on Wednesday that videos in which so-called “pedo hunters” attack are spreading online. Within a short time, three Norwegian videos have been published on social media where people hunt people they think are pedophiles. They call themselves “pedo hunters”. In Luster in Sogn og Fjordane, a 14-year-old is charged with attempted murder after a man in his 50s was attacked and stabbed in several places on the body. The man is charged with arranging a meeting with children under the age of 16, with the aim of sexual activity. – Recent developments make us concerned both about the use of serious violence and that young people in their early teens are involved in these groups, said Guro Skjerve, head of the intelligence section in Kripos, to news on Wednesday. Published 20.06.2024, at 19.42 Updated 20.06.2024, at 20.08
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Supposed to have lured a man into a “sex trap”
