full screen The police use a helicopter in the hunt for an armed man in the Karesuando area. Archive image. Photo: Johan Nilsson/TT
The police are looking for a man who is suspected of a serious violent crime in the area of Karesuando in Norrbotten. A helicopter is being used in the operation, which has been ongoing since Thursday morning.
The perpetrator is suspected of being armed.
– Nothing indicates that there will be any danger to the public, says Urban Isberg, communicator at the police.
He says that the alarm about a serious violent crime came at 6.20 in the morning and that the suspect is in his 40s.
– The man has moved with some kind of vehicle in an area very close to the border. And we have close cooperation with fish police.