Man charged with attempted murder after violent incident in Sandnes

The victim is a man in his 30s. He has been admitted to hospital with an unknown extent of injury.

– He has been able to allow himself to be questioned, says police attorney Sveinung Andersen in a press release, adding that the accused has also given a statement to the police.

It was on Saturday at 06.41 that the police received a report from the ambulance centre, AMK, that a man had been subjected to violence at an address in Sandnes

Sørvest police district states in a press release that they moved quickly and got control of a suspect.

– It is too early to go into the cause and sequence of events at this stage of the investigation, says police attorney Andersen.

According to the police, there is no known relationship between the victim and the suspect. There were several others present at the scene, and all of these have been questioned as witnesses.

– The accused has given an initial explanation, but we do not want to go into what he has said in questioning. It will be relevant to further question him. He has not yet made a decision on the charge, according to the police attorney.

The police have carried out investigations at the scene, and have made a seizure which they believe can be linked to the act of violence, says Andersen.

The accused man will be produced for custody in Sør-Rogaland district court on Sunday at 9 am.

– The police will request that the man be detained for four weeks, Andersen says.

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2024-09-29 09:23:10

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