According to court documents, the man is alleged to have set fire to several objects in a hallway on the fourth floor on Thursday evening. The charge against him is serious and concerns paragraph 355 of the Penal Code, which covers actions that could easily have led to loss of human life. The suspect has not admitted guilt.
The identity of the man and what specific objects were set on fire remain unknown. Separately, new figures show that only 65% of kindergartens meet the legal requirements for educators on duty without applying for exemptions. 3% meet them with exemptions.
Kindergartens must apply annually for exemptions, and many do so year after year. Utdanningsnytt has retrieved new figures from the Directorate of Education and created an overview of kindergarten staffing in the country's counties and municipalities, including a search function to check staffing in each individual municipality.