– It was scary. We were actually threatened with death. That’s what Vibeche Hæstad says. She is assistant store manager at Europris in Vennesla. When she caught two boys stealing a few days ago, the situation quickly escalated. The boys called their friends, and shortly after, between 10 and 15 young people had turned up and made noise, she says. Hæstad says that this is a problem that applies to several places in the southern countryside. – This is a comprehensive problem in Vennesla. Now politicians, police, youth workers and the school must be on the field. BEATING EMPLOYEES: A video news has gained access to shows the incidents that took place in the foyer after the young people were shown out of the cinema. The police must be made visible Last week, news wrote about young people who beat and threatened cinema employees in Vennesla. Recently, there have been several episodes in Vennesla with youth riots. Police station chief at Vennesla and Iveland police station, Frode Forslund, says it concerns a core of young people of secondary school age. – There are young people who now need follow-up and who need to be challenged on causes. I think that is absolutely necessary. He can not give concrete figures on how many different episodes Vennesla has had recently, but he says that there has been an increase in recent weeks. – We want the police in the future to be even more visible and present in a number of relevant areas in Vennesla. Measures will now be implemented. The police station chief says that the police are in regular contact with their partners to find good solutions together. They also have a good collaboration with parents who are involved in preparing measures Photo: Ada Bjøranger / news Has formed a group Mayor of Vennesla municipality, Nils Olav Larsen, says that this is not a desired situation. – There are a number of young people who have formed a gang, and this is getting attention. Then it is easy for it to escalate when they have a cheerleader on the side, he says. The mayor says that they will invest resources to map, and take care of the young people concerned. Then both the police, the SLT service and the school system will be involved. Photo: Svein Sundsdal / news – I think it is important that families get involved, and that this becomes a theme around the dinner table, says the mayor. Some of the young people are students at Vennesla ungdomsskole. Principal Dag Stian Tallaksen says that what is happening in the municipality is worrying and that it is talked about at school. – It is important that schools, parents and leisure activities must be involved in coordinating efforts to reverse recent developments. He further says that the school’s employees are not unaffected by what is happening, but that the adults who work closest to the students in question know them well and handle the situation in a good way. Back at Europris in Vennesla, assistant store manager Hæstad says that even though it was a scary incident, she experiences being well taken care of by the chain, and says that they are now extra staffed.
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