Military disappearance took place on Thursday afternoon near Gandvik in the eastern Finnmark in the north of Norway. The services began searching for 10 soldiers who did not appear in the agreed place on time – said the public broadcaster of NRK.
The head of the Police Operational Center in the district, Jørgen Hukeland Hansen, said that “there are two possible scenarios.” – First, soldiers could misunderstand the time of the meeting. Secondly, an event could occur. We approach the matter seriously – he emphasized.
Ok time. 19:45 officers gave information about finding five out of ten soldiers. Three reached the appointment, and two were found in the search area by a rescue helicopter.
“The military are in good condition,” said the commander of the task group Martin Knutsen.
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Searching for soldiers in Norway. They missed during the exercises
The search for the remaining five military people is still underway. “We are currently searching for in the area south of the E6 road in Varangerbotn,” said the head of the rescue operation Jakob Carlsen.
A significant part of the search area is completely devoid of the range of cellular networks, which may hinder surgery. The area is mountainous, with numerous forests and swamps. “Darkness has fallen, which hinders the search, but we have good resources,” emphasized Martin Knutsen.
According to NRK reports, some soldiers had trouble recovering their strength after exercise and reaching the collection point. However, the Norwegian army has not revealed the details of the incident so far. – We try to get a general picture of the situation. We will return with additional information as soon as we receive it – said the spokesman.
Lieutenant Colonel Audun Jørstad said that this is not the first time the soldiers were lost. – However, it has been a long time since we had to use the help of the police for the last time. The army had previously been searching for 12 hours – he added.
