A large police presence leads to many notifications

Photo: Christer Tille

When the situation was discovered, the police were sent to the festival venue where the rape should have taken place. The police themselves made a notification because the woman concerned did not want to report the incident.

– When there is such a big crime, we can take it into account. What she does not want to report gives us worse conditions, but we work according to what we have, "said Ewa-Gun Westford, the president of the police at the festival.

– We are in dialogue with vulnerable people and more than one conversation.

The police do not have an alleged offender. Ewa-Gun Westford adds that it is not a rape accident and that there is no reason for festival visitors to feel concerned.

– You should not be afraid of being overwhelmed, she said.

The festival began Tuesday night and since then violent crime has been lighting up globally with its absence. In addition to the suspected rape, a report was made on the violent resistance and another on the threat of a person. In the latter case, a person should have been stripped of his wallet. According to the announcement, a stranger came from behind and seized the complainant before the wallet was removed from his pocket.

What, on the other hand, stands out as the year before, the drug bomb. Until 3 o'clock on Thursday morning, the police had made 74 notifications. These mainly concern their own use and possession. A person is arrested for transfer, but it is the only drug sales notification at the festival that the newspaper has read about. The police themselves do not distinguish between different types of drug offenses by counting registrations. This is only done after the end of the festival.

Over the past two years, the police have classified the festival as a special event, which allows it to add significant resources that focus primarily on drug offenses.

One difference from previous years is that the festival now has a limit of 18 years.