This weekend, there have been up to eight robberies or attempted robberies in Oslo, several of them in connection with western subways, the police say.
West of Oslo, young people were threatened with an ax on Sunday afternoon.
At 17.06, the police were notified that one person was running after another with an ax at Makrellbekken on the border between the districts of Vestre Aker and Ullern. The police moved out and took control of five minors when they arrived at the scene. An ax was also found.
At 22:00 on Sunday night, operations manager Christian Krohn Engeseth told NTB that it was unclear whether it was an attempted robbery or whether there was a conflict between two parties.
The five minors that the police took control of after the incident are taken care of by parents or guardians. The child welfare service is also connected, according to the operations manager. The subway was stopped in connection with the incident.
Same perpetrators in several cases
– We have had seven or eight robberies or attempted robberies since Friday afternoon, says crime leader Anders Johnsrud in the Oslo police district to NRK Kveldsnytt Sunday.
He says the same perpetrators are repeated in several cases.
– We see several of the robberies in context and think some of the perpetrators go again here. There are young adults, both those who are robbed and those who are on the other side as perpetrators.
– This weekend, almost all the robberies have been in connection with westbound subway lines, or where young people gather on the west side of the city, the crime boss says.
Korsvoll, Borgen and Bekkestua
On Friday night, the police received the first robbery report from Korsvoll.
– We received a message from the place at 21.08. A young person had been robbed, of what was described as masked persons. The person is also said to have been kicked and pushed – and robbed of personal objects, says operations manager Gjermund Stokkli in the Oslo police, to Nordre Aker Budstikke.
At Borgen Metro station at Vestre Gravlund, nine people are suspected of having participated in the robbery of a person just after 23.30 on Saturday night. Shortly afterwards, the police stated that they had taken control of nine people at the top of Skøyenveien. To Aftenposten police say the nine are minors.
– They are suspected in the case, but have not been arrested. All are between 15 and 17 years old, said operations manager Krohn Engeseth.
One of the youths was in possession of a softgun, but was still not apprehended. Police said they saw this robbery in connection with a robbery earlier Saturday night Bekkestua Metro station in Bærum.
Cannot apprehend minors
Police say they take the robberies very seriously. In cases where the perpetrators are minors, the police cannot hold them, but the child welfare service is involved.
The robbers are especially looking for expensive jackets, watches or mobile phones, according to the police.
– Those who are robbed are often in the minority, and they face a small gang. Violence, beatings and kicks are also used, there are also threats, which means that you know where the victims go to school, and so can come to take them later, says the crime leader.
Crime leader Johnsrud says there have been no incidents this weekend where a knife was used or serious violence was used.
(©NTB)
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