No arrests after stabbed man reaches emergency clinic as attempted murder probe continues

A young man arrived at the emergency clinic at Bærum Hospital with stab wounds after a violent incident in Sandvika on Monday evening. Police are investigating the case as an attempted murder, but had not arrested anyone by Tuesday morning.

Police believe the injured man’s arrival at the clinic was connected to an incident reported in Elias Smiths vei at about the same time. Witnesses said the man had suffered stab wounds. Officers searched the area for an unidentified man last seen near the scene.

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Police view the case seriously, particularly because a weapon was used.

Police crime leader Hanne Nilsson told P4 News that authorities viewed the case seriously, particularly because a weapon had been used. Police said they believed the incident stemmed from a disagreement between two men and did not appear to pose a random threat to others.

Officers deployed significant resources and searched with a dog. Budstikka published photographs showing blood on the floor of a shop and police cars outside a Joker store. The victim’s exact injuries were initially unclear, but police incident leader Svein Arild Jørundland said the latest information described the condition as serious but stable. Police appealed overnight for the suspected attacker to come forward and said investigators would continue working with the material collected.

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The latest I have heard is that he is serious but stable.