A man is suspected of having been murdered on Tuesday evening in Kalix. Seven people are under arrest. At the social welfare office in Kalix, the news came as a shock.
The very barracks where the man was found dead have been a topic of conversation for many years because, according to the head of social affairs in Kalix, Anna-Lena Andersson, it was not a good environment.
– It is not necessarily the people who live there that are the problem, but rather that it has become a gathering place, she says.
Among other things, problems connected to the barracks have been reported by the police and in 2017 a man died after a fire in one of the homes.
Meetings await
Now both the social welfare committee and the administration will sit down to discuss how to solve the situation around the barracks. Inga-Lis Samuelsson tells us that they become difficult to empty.
– We probably won’t be able to move people out, but we need to spread out these accommodations in different places because where they are now is not a good place, she says of the barracks that stand near a school.
Inga-Lis Samuelsson (C), chairman of the social committee, says that the municipality must now resolve the situation.
Does it have to happen for something like this to come to blows?
– No, not really, but it is not an easy problem to solve.