The Special Unit for Police Affairs is investigating the case, this is confirmed by head of prosecution investigations Kari-Anne Hille Valla. At 2 p.m., the Bureau reports that they were notified last night that a person has been shot in the leg by the police during an act of service at Åmot in Modum. The victim has not suffered life-threatening injuries. It has been decided to launch an investigation, reports the Bureau, which has a duty to investigate cases where a person is seriously injured as a result of the police’s performance of duty, regardless of whether there is suspicion that a criminal offense has been committed. Initiating questioning The Bureau reports that the purpose of the investigation is to shed light on the course of events, and the more detailed circumstances surrounding the situation where shots were fired. “We are in the initial phase of the investigation, and the information we can provide about the case is therefore limited,” the press release states. Furthermore, it is stated that the weapons involved have been secured and that the Bureau will question the officers involved, victims and witnesses as soon as practicable. “Due to the further investigation, no more detailed information about the case is given at the present time,” the press release concludes. It was at 01:00 on the night of Saturday that a person was taken to hospital after the incident in Modum. It was then stated that the person in question was not life-threateningly injured, according to the operations center in the South-East police district. . Refers to the Bureau news has been in contact with Øyvind Aas, who is the head of the police in Buskerud, but he refers to the Bureau. And that he cannot speak. Nor about the reason why the police responded to what was described on Twitter as a threatening situation. – This is what happens when the SE (special unit) is connected, he writes in a text message to news. On Saturday morning, the police in the South-East sent out a press release indicating that the case has been forwarded to the Bureau of Police Affairs. This is what the police district writes under the heading “”Man shot by the police”: “A little after 01:00 a situation arose where the police patrol was attempted to be attacked with a dangerous object. This situation led to the police firing shots at a person. The person was taken to hospital as a result of the shot and is not injured in a life-threatening manner.” The police district refers the Bureau of Police Affairs for more information about the incident in Modum where shots were fired. Photo: Cecilie Valentine Brekke / news Tweeted about a threatening situation It was on the night of Saturday that the police went to Åmot in Modum municipality after a report of a threatening situation around 00:44. On the arrival of the patrol, the crew was attacked with a dangerous object, the Sør-East police district says on Twitter. The police fired shots, and one person has been taken to hospital for follow-up. According to the police, the person should not be life-threateningly injured. The police do not want to give further information about the case, operations manager Øyvind Hammervold in the South-East police district told news early on Saturday morning. The police operations manager tells NTB that it is not the police who are injured.
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