On Wednesday, around one o'clock, a married couple was found dead in an apartment in Kolbotn. The police do not believe that third parties were involved in the incident. The dead man was a policeman.
"It's a sad case, and now we're going to conduct a wide-ranging investigation to find out what happened," says NTB attorney Nina Marthinsen of the Eastern Police District.
Photo: Annika Byrde / NTB
The police operations center was notified by AMK about a serious incident of violence in an apartment in Kolbotn at 1.16 am on Wednesday.
The police and an ambulance arrived at the scene. Two adults in their forties were found with serious injuries.
"Relatives have been notified and the children are now being looked after by a close family," says Marthinsen.
Two minor children were orphaned by the victims. The police did not establish whether the children were in the apartment when their parents' bodies were found or who notified AMK about the incident.
The investigation into the death of a married couple in Kolbotn
The police are currently under investigation. Among other things, they conduct forensic investigations at home.
Marthinsen does not disclose the victims' injuries.
"After the autopsy, we'll get more answers about the cause of death," says the police attorney.
- Was a gun found in the apartment?
- No firearms were found, but I will not comment on other findings we made.
He worked as a policeman
NRK writes that the man was a policeman, but in recent years he had a job at the Police Academy which confirms that one of the deceased is employed by them.
“This is a tragic case, and our thoughts naturally go to family, friends, and associates who have been affected by death. Police Academy staff are now looked after in accordance with our procedures, ”writes spokesman Rune Kvernen from the university to NRK.
Marthinsen confirms the information about the employment, but does not know if the man was also employed in other police vacancies at the time of his death.
Police said the couple had not been registered before due to problems in the family.
"There is currently no information that indicates that other people were involved in the incident," says Marthinsen.
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