Wednesday, December 31, 2014

Norwegians celebrated New Year with drunkenness and violence – Bergens Tidende

Norwegians celebrated New Year with drunkenness and violence – Bergens Tidende

In Bergen had an 18-year-old sent to hospital with eye injury after a close encounter with fireworks. He was seriously injured, according to Haukeland University Hospital.

In the center of Oslo, a man police said turned down by a motorist outside a pub in Rådhusgata. The man was seriously injured.

In the center of Halden was a man in his 20s turned down. He was unconscious several times and was sent to hospital, said Østfold police.

On Kolbotn square in Oppegård had many gathered to celebrate the New Year and it was near-brawl, reports Follo police. In Tønsberg was a man hit in the arm by a rocket.



Drunk children

Follo police could on Thursday also report that a binge drunk teenager had been taken care of. In Kristiansund had a 17 year old boy fired fireworks and then tried to run away from the police.

– He was flamboyant, was driven home to mother and reported, highlighting Romsdal and Nordmøre police.

Elsewhere notified police about full children. In Harstad police had to retrieve a binge drunk children under 16 years. Person was so drunk that he had to be sent to the emergency room, police said.

– The parents are notified. Not a good start to the new year, says the operations center in Midre Hålogaland police.



Fog

New Year’s Eve was fired fireworks at a value of 40 million, according to estimates from Statistics Norway. In Bergen was sent around 300 kg fireworks. In Stavanger, the sky decorated with 150 kg fireworks in rain and fog. Fog was also in Oslo, which contributed to poor visibility for the many people who wanted to watch.

According to the Oslo police met 50,000 people up at City Hall Square, without reports of casualties. But the police confiscated a portion fireworks.

At the docks in Drøbak met 1,500 people up to see the fireworks. Follo police reported good mood of the place.

As good mood were it not for an inmate in Sor-Trondelag. He alerted the police that the house had been hit by a missile that neighbor had fired. An hour into the new year got police in Stavanger message that someone had fired rockets inside a bus heading to the city.



Fire

In Ålesund had fire brigade scramble to extinguish a grass fire on the city mountain Sugarloaf. In connection warned Sunnmøre Police against rockets antennas terrain.

– Do not send these up. This will now be reviewed, said in a statement, followed by three exclamation points.

Same Police also received notification heather fire on Ellingsøy in Ålesund.

Several places in the country came the messages about smoke from apartments. There was also a residential fire in Alta, and the police were notified about drinking and driving a number of locations around the country.



elevator ride and poems

In Trondheim got some people experience an elevator ride at the entrance to the new year. Firefighters had to be called to get them out of the elevator they were stuck in the mill Borg.

– Tip – do not skip the elevator, concluded Sør-Trøndelag police after the incident.

Follo police chose also their words carefully, marking the new year with a poem. “When we closed the gate to totusenogfjorten. May the new year be great. Good wishes from us dressed in blue. “

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