During Saturday, a shooting exercise was carried out where a practicing squad would defend a terrain section. The exercise was conducted with live ammunition and was about to start when a civilian was spotted in the exercise area.
– At the same moment that permission to fire was ordered, an adjacent group discovered that there was a civilian in the middle of the firing range and they immediately ordered the fire to cease, says Erik Löfgren, who is head of communications at I 21.
Evicted and reported to the police
The entire exercise area was canceled before the exercise. This means that notices about the exercise in progress are on all roads leading to the exercise area and that road barriers are down.
– The person in question had gone around a closed road barrier and set out on the shooting range exactly where it was to be fired with live ammunition. He was escorted out of the area, ID was obtained and the incident will be reported to the police.