– The preliminary autopsy report cannot unequivocally determine the cause of death and we must carry out additional analyses. This is stated by the Special Unit for Police Affairs in a press release. Two police officers still have the status of suspects for official misconduct in connection with the case. The special unit has conducted a number of interviews in the case, secured video recordings and collected audio recordings from the police’s communications in connection with the case. Intervene to get control It was on Saturday 28 January that the police were notified of an incident in the center of Ålesund. Then the police had received a report of a bloody and thinly dressed man who was walking and crawling on the road. The police believed that the man was a danger to himself and others, and went outside to get control of him. In connection with this, a scuffle broke out between the man and two officers from the civil police. He was then laid on the ground. Gradually, two private persons also arrived and helped the police get control of the man. Two officers from the civil police got into a fistfight with the man and he was knocked to the ground. Gradually, people arrived who helped the police get control of the man. Photo: Eduard Andrei Cristea Life-saving work was carried out at the site. The ambulance also arrived and the man was then taken to hospital. Later in the day, the police reported that the man had died. Afterwards, there were questions and speculation about the police’s handling of the case. Among other things, the operations center gave incorrect information about the incident, which also contributed to this. On Monday last week, the police chief chose to report the case to the Special Investigation Unit. Since then, they have investigated to find out whether there may be a connection between the police’s procedure and the death. Two police officers have been suspected of misconduct in connection with the incident. This must have happened: According to the police, the operations center received a report that a wet and bloody man was walking on the road at 09.32 Saturday morning. After this, there were continuous reports to the police about the same incident. At 09.38 the first patrol arrived in the city. These were two plainclothes police officers. Eventually, a fight broke out between these two police officers and the man. Later, another patrol came to the town. Both police patrols had been instructed to travel there by the police’s operations centre. According to Helse Møre og Romsdal, AMK received the first report about the incident at 09.36. The first ambulance arrived at the site at 09.50. Investigating what happened in advance The police in Møre og Romsdal have been responsible for investigating what happened to the man before he was observed bloody in the center of Ålesund. Linn Erstad is section leader for investigations in Møre and Romsdal police district. Photo: Josef Benoni Ness Tveit / news Linn Erstad, section leader for investigation in Møre and Romsdal police district, has previously told news that they are working from several hypotheses about what may have happened to the man. – We collect witness statements, go through the technical and tactical investigations and look through the camera surveillance. We are trying to put all these pieces together into a big picture of what happened, Erstad told news on Tuesday afternoon.
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Unclear cause of death after man died in Ålesund
