It was at half past four on Saturday afternoon that the police were alerted to an ongoing assault on Krokslätts parkgata.

When you arrived at the scene, you received information that it was an attempted robbery.

- Three people have tried to rob a man on a gold chain, but his friends who were nearby came to the rescue and it became violent.

In the end, the perpetrators had to flee head on, says Morten Gunneng, officer on duty at the police region west.

According to the police, the victim was taken to hospital with crush injuries in the face, his two friends who came to the rescue were re-plastered by ambulance personnel and were then able to seek care themselves.

- There are many indications that you have some form of bone iron, Gunneng says.

The police began a major operation with a dog to search for the perpetrator, but no suspect has been arrested.

The incident is classified as an attempted robbery.