On Sunday morning, two teenage girls were found dead at a private address in Spydeberg. A third girl is being treated in hospital.
The police have stated that they suspect that the deaths are due to overdose.
TV 2 has previously written about how the incident shook both relatives and the local community.
The municipality is now introducing several measures to take care of the youth environment in Indre Østfold.
A meeting place for young people
The church in Spydeberg is kept open for anyone who needs a meeting place and someone to talk to.
Now the municipality is also opening the health center for young people in Askim, which has an entrance at the back of the town hall.
STRONGLY IMPRESSED: Deputy Mayor of Indre Østfold, Kathrine Hestø Hansen, says that the youth environment in Indre Østfold is strongly influenced. Photo: Martin Berg Isaksen / TV 2
– We have just decided to open the health center for young people. Everyone is welcome, but we feel that it is especially the youth community that needs a place to gather now, says deputy mayor Kathrine Hestø Hansen in Indre Østfold municipality to TV 2.
At the health center, youth contacts, mental health personnel and the police will be available. The offer is open until 8 p.m.
– They welcome anyone who needs it.
Will have a presence at schools
– We will also have preparedness and a presence at both secondary schools and upper secondary schools tomorrow, says Hestø Hansen.
This applies to all secondary schools in Indre Østfold and at Askim and Mysen upper secondary schools.
– There will be health nurses, youth contacts and of course all the other adults who care about the young people present, and there are many, says municipal director Trude Andresen.
The deputy mayor says that the local community is very affected.
– It is dramatic that two young girls lose their lives. There is a lot of sadness when two young people die in that way, and it affects the entire local community, says Hestø Hansen.
This is what the police say about the deaths:
