One of the two injured after Monday's knife attack at Nav Årstad in Bergen, died from the injuries, police confirm.
Two Nav workers in Bergen were rushed to hospital with unknown injuries after being stabbed during a Monday morning meeting.
Police received confirmation from Haukeland University Hospital that one of the two was injured women died as a result of injuries sustained. The deceased is a woman in her fifties, she writes police in a press release.
The second injured party the person is a woman in my thirties. Police say she was slightly injured.
Relatives were notified.
- In many Nav offices employees live with what happened, and there were earlier indications that something might happen. Now, unfortunately, we have confirmation that this is the case happening, says Kvisvik
A 39-year-old man is charged with the murder of a 50-year-old woman in Årstad Bergen In monday morning. He was also charged with grievous bodily harm to the second victim. The perpetrator was temporarily arrested.
The woman died as a result of an attack in Nav
The man's defense attorney, lawyer Morten Grimstad, tells NTB that the accused did not take a position in the case guilt. Prosecutor Christine Møen Wisløff says police will now question witnesses and carry out technical investigations. This is necessary to best reproduce the course of events.
Read about the incident: Two people stabbed at the Nav office in Bergen
Photo: Marit Hommedal / NTB