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Chilean man convicted for Oslo tram attacks

A 38-year-old Chilean man has been sentenced to a year and three months in jail for stabbing three conductors on a tram at Solli Plass in central Oslo in January.

Published: 27 June 2012 17:33 CEST
Chilean man convicted for Oslo tram attacks
Photo: Berit Roald/Scanpix

The conductors, a woman and two men, sustained minor injuries after the assailant stabbed them during a routine ticket check.

The attacker, who was in Norway illegally, was not carrying identification at the time, newspaper Aftenposten reports.

Unable to produce a ticket, he and a friend – a 46-year-old Norwegian citizen of Chilean origin – tried to force their way off the tram when it stopped at Solli Plass.

The 38-year-old pleaded guilty in court, but claimed he had only gone on the attack after the conductors grabbed his throat, making it difficult for him to breathe. No witnesses verified this version of events.

He also said he had only intended to scare the conductors but ended up stabbing them by accident.

Unconvinced, Oslo district court sentenced him to prison and ordered him to pay 90,000 kroner ($15,000) in damages. 

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RENTING

Rental prices in Norway’s biggest cities continue to rise

The cost of renting in Norway's four largest cities rose overall during the third quarter, with prices up six percent this year, figures from Real Estate Norway show. 

Published: 11 October 2022 11:33 CEST
Rental prices in Norway's biggest cities continue to rise

A sharp increase in rent prices in Norway continued throughout the third quarter, figures from Real Estate Norway (Eiendom Norge) released on Tuesday show. 

“Real Estate Norway’s rental housing price statistics show a historically strong rise in rental housing prices in Norway in the third quarter,” Henning Lauridsen, CEO of Real Estate Norway, stated in a report on the latest figures. 

Growth was most robust in Stavanger and Oslo, according to Real Estate Norway. 

“The strong growth in rental prices we have seen in the wake of the pandemic continued in the third quarter, and it is particularly in the Stavanger region and in Oslo that the growth in rental prices is strong,” Lauridsen said. 

Stavanger and nearby Sandnes saw the largest price increases, with the cost of renting there increasing by 4.7 percent during the third quarter. During the same period, rents in Oslo increased by 2.5 percent, while a marginal 0.3 percent rise was recorded in Trondheim. 

While the cost of renting in Norway’s four largest cities overall increased by 2 percent, rental prices in Bergen declined. There, rents fell by 2.5 percent in the third quarter.

Lauridsen said that the increase in rental prices was likely to continue due to several factors. High inflation, interest rates, increased taxes on rental properties and a low supply of homes on the market all contributed to increasing rents. 

However, he did note that the supply of rental homes on the market had increased in Trondheim and Oslo since the summer. 

Lauridsen said that the least well-off financially were being hit hardest by rent rises. Previously, the Norwegian government has informed The Local that it will not introduce a temporary cap on rent increases. 

READ MORE: Norway’s government rules out a temporary rent cap

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