Man arrested after threats against both the district court and the airport in Sandnessjøen

PAST: chief of staff Bent Are Eilertsen confirms to NRK that a man has been arrested in Trondheim in connection with threats against the Alstahaug district court, Sandnessjøen airport, in the county of Nordland.

See the timeline that sums up what has happened at the bottom of the case.

on Wednesday morning, it was stated threats, the first a bomb scare at Alstahaug tingrett, then a threat to Sandnessjøen airport.

Both places it was quickly evacuated and checked by the local police.

the chief of staff in Nordland police, Bent Are Eilertsen, commenting on the arrest. You need javascript to see the video.

the chief of staff in Nordland police, Bent Are Eilertsen, commenting on the arrest.

at 13:51 confirmed the chief of staff Bent Are Eilertsen in Nordland police that a suspect is apprehended in Trondheim.

" We have worked wide technical and tactical, with tracking, and the last thing we have now is that we have apprehended a suspect in Trondheim.

– How did you until this suspects?

– It is the sum of the technical and tactical work that ensures that we go to the apprehension of this person.

the Police will not rule out the possibility that there is more involved in the incident, but that they at the present time only have arrested a person.

the Man, who should be in the 50's, to be prepared for the doctor. Both sites that was threatened is now opened.

Bent Are Eilertsen, chief of staff Nordland police.

Photo: Ole-Fredrik Lambertsen / NRK Began in the district court

It was at 10:37 that it was called in a bomb threat against the Alstahaug district court.

Just after the clock 11 get the local police to the district court in Sandnessjøen and blocked by Thorolf Kveldulfsons street.

– Everything is blocked off and the police are now going to investigate the built. It is evacuated eight pieces from the actual district court and two pieces from a clothing store from the same building, said operasjonsleder in hordaland police district, Kai Eriksen, the Norwegian broadcasting corporation NRK.

Restrictions in the street has now been lifted, and the police reported that the district court's two buildings in Sandnessjøen and Mosjøen are trusted.

There is no litigation that is set up in Alstahaug district court today.

the Call shall have been made from a hidden number, according to the Local Blade.

" We got an anonymous call. He said something like that "the district court goes in the air, this is dangerous, it is just to get out", says one of the employees of the district court to the Local Blade.

Two politibetjenter stand by sperrelinjen by Thorolf Kveldulfsons street in Sandnessjøen. The street was blocked off shortly after at 11 am today, Wednesday.

Photo: John H. Ulvøy / Local Blade Threat to the airport

a Short time later, it became known that it also was dialed into a threat to Sandnessjøen airport.

Police have now fully focus on the to find the or those who have made threats and have mapped out what is in them, " says chief of staff in the Nordland Police, Bent Are Eilertsen.

Boss for Sandnessjøen airport, Børge Larsen said that they are in control of the situation.

– There were no travelers at the airport when the threat was reported, because the two flights were already set because of high winds.

the Police did not bombeeksperter during the search of either the airport or the district court.

as of now we have not. The local police are going to handle this myself until further notice, said Eriksen before they went into the district court.

Trusseldramaet in Sandnessjøen

Two threats were called in, both against the Alstahaug district court, and at Sandnessjøen airport, above it are the components.

10:37Mottar first threat

Alstahaug district court receives a phone call from a hidden number. According to the staff of the district court to a female voice saying, "the district court goes in the air, this is dangerous, it is just to get out".

11:00Politiet blocks of the site

the Police arrive and block off the Thorolf Kveldulfsons street. The district court, and a few other shops are evacuated, while police are checking the building. Justisbygget in the Town are also being evacuated and examined.

12:11Trussel at the airport

Even a threat is called in from an unknown sender, this time at Sandnessjøen airport, above it are the components. The airport has suspended flights due to wind, and no traveller is at the airport. Personnel are evacuated and the airport investigated.

13:51Politiet will capture man

A man is arrested in Chicago, suspected to have dialed into bombetrusselen against the Alstahaug district court, and the threat to the Sandnessjøen airport. The man should be in the 50-60-years.

Show more Date Of Update: 11 September 2019, 22:44