Two masked men armed with firearms attacked a party of 15 women in Sandefjord on the night of Sunday. The robbers got away with phones, money and jewellery.
Published: 05/05/2024 08:06 | Updated: 05/05/2024 08:42
At 02.50 the police received a report that two masked men with firearms had met at a party with around 15 women aged 40 to 60 at Breidablikk in Sandefjord.
The women were robbed of their phones, money and jewellery. No one was physically injured.
– An investigation has been carried out at the scene, says operations manager in the South East police district, Roger Aaser to Aftenposten.
The police are investigating the incident, which is a robbery, says the operations manager.
No one arrested
The perpetrators left the scene on foot, but a witness saw them get into a car not far from the scene.
The police still do not have control over either the perpetrators or any weapons. But they have been told that there must have been a firearm involved in the robbery.
– So far, no one has been arrested and there are no suspects in the case now. The police have not seized any weapons either, says the operations manager.
The police have been out with both dogs and drones in the area.
Work continues with technical investigations, but the police do not want to go into more detail about what they will be working with. They will also investigate whether anything has been caught on surveillance cameras, if any, and whether cars may have filmed something.
Bringing in an interpreter
The 15 women are foreign, and speak neither Norwegian nor English. This led to the police not immediately recognizing that it was a robbery.
– But gradually we understand that they are threatened with weapons, the police say.
The police inform VG that there were only women at the party, which is said to have been held in a private semi-detached house. There were several registered residents at the address, but only the woman who lives there was present.
The police describe the incident as special, and believe that the robbers must have known about the party.
Do the women and the perpetrators have a relationship with each other?
– We don’t know that. It is one of the things we will investigate further, says Aaser.
An interpreter must be brought in so that the women can be questioned, the police say.
