The body of the dead woman was removed early Monday.
PHOTO: SVEIN GUSTAV WILHELMSENYoung woman found dead
in student housing complex
 Police were called to the Anker student housing complex around 1am Monday. PHOTO: AFTENPOSTEN TV |
The victim's body was found in one of the apartments in the Anker Studentbolig complex in downtown Oslo, just across the Aker River from the popular Grünerløkka district.
Police have charged the victim’s 27-year-old husband, and issued warrants for his arrest both in Norway and internationally. He is a citizen of Ethiopia.
The 19-year-old woman was a student. She is a Norwegian citizen but has roots in Ethiopia as well.
Police withheld many details of the case, but said they found blood in the apartment that quickly led them to believe the woman was murdered. They were first summoned to the complex shortly after 1am, by an acquaintance of the woman.
Another woman living in the complex told Aftenposten.no that the murder, initially referred to as a "suspicious death," didn't surprise her. She said residents have been robbed in the complex "and it stinks of hash in the corridors. People sell drugs right outside." She said she was planning to move.
Per Carlenius, managing director of the complex, was traveling in St Petersburg when he got a call about the death, and was heading back to Oslo when Aftenposten called him about 7am.
"This is very sad," he said. "The neighbourhood has problems, but I've always been glad nothing serious has happened inside the complex. We work hard to avoid such things."
He said he was most keen on finding out exactly what happened, not least to ward off concern among the roughly 1,000 students who are on a list to obtain housing in the complex this fall.
"Many students and parents around the country are wondering what happened, and whether it's safe," he said.
Around 1,500 students live in the complex.
Nina Berglund
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