A man in his 30s has been arrested and charged with murder. – The police received a report just after 9 p.m. which led us to an address. At that address, the circumstances gave us reasonable grounds to believe that a murder has been committed. Afterwards, the man in his 30s was arrested and charged, says police attorney Tom Erik W. Berntsen to news. The man was arrested in a different place than the woman was found. The police prosecutor does not want to go into where the man was arrested, whether the police have seized a weapon, the relationship between the two or whether more people were present at the address where the woman was found dead. The woman’s next of kin have been notified, and Berntsen states that forensic investigations have been initiated. – These will continue tonight and tonight, including with assistance from Kripos. The police worked on Saturday evening with forensic investigations at the scene Photo: Knut-Øyvind Hagen / news Got a defender The man who has been arrested has had Helge Hartz appointed as a defender. – I can’t say much other than that I want to have a chat with him when the conditions are ready for that, says Hartz to NTB. The defense attorney says he does not think it will be relevant to question the man during the night. – Early – What happens next now? – We are very early in the investigation phase here now. Our focus is to obtain an overview of the sequence of events and obtain evidence and clarify who has something to do with this, says Berntsen. He says that tactical investigations are also underway to map which people, places and objects the police should know, which can shed light on what has happened. Hamar Arbeiderblad writes that there are four police cars and an ambulance at the address, which is in Briskebyen in the east of Hamar. The police are searching the area with a dog, writes the newspaper.
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