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Police chased car in ongoing kidnapping
The police in Trollhättan have arrested two men suspected of kidnapping.
Just before 9 p.m., the police received a call from members of the public who saw a man being beaten and dragged into a car. Several patrols were alerted and saw the car about ten minutes later.
– In connection with that, three people jump out, in Kronogården. The beaten man and two suspects. The car they were traveling in drives off and leaves, says Magnus Schildt, officer on duty at the police region West.
The car was found later in the evening in Lextorp.
– It was parked and empty. We have confiscated it and now we are compiling interrogations and other information, he says.
The man, who is aged 25, is said to have been slightly injured. The arrested men are both in their 40s and are suspected of kidnapping.
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Fire in apartment – one to hospital
At 9 p.m., the emergency services were alerted to a fire in an apartment building in Halmstad.
One person has been taken to hospital in an ambulance, the condition of the injury is unclear.
At 11 p.m., the emergency services stated that the fire was out.
– It is a total loss. It has won on the second floor and then an element has broken so that water has flowed to the first floor, says Peter Karlborg, the interior commander of the rescue service.
Busch: We did not betray the election promise
Energy Minister Ebba Busch (KD) dismisses the criticism and does not think that the government has broken its election promise about high-cost protection for the high electricity prices.
– We follow through on the election promise not to leave the Swedish people in the lurch, but yes, this is a different model, she says in SVT’s Agenda.
She believes that the model was in place before November 1.
– Svenska kraftnät presented a better model. Everyone worked hard to deliver this before November 1st. We had a model in place before November 1st. But it was a different model and I have no problem defending it because it is better than what we proposed before the election, she says.
Man with gunshot wound in Södertälje
A man has been found with a gunshot wound in Södertälje.
Medical personnel are on site and are working with life-saving measures.
According to the police, several shots were fired.
No one has yet been arrested, but the police say they have received information on suspected perpetrators.
– We have received various information on one or more possible perpetrators. There are several who say the same thing, says police spokesperson Mats Eriksson.
– We stop a lot of people and interrogate them. They may be people who are known to the local police and have something to tell.
Drug addicts are sent to rehab
There are no monks left in a temple in Thailand.
Everyone has started doing drugs. The four monks and an abbot were drug tested and all were found to have taken methamphetamine, reports say BBC and AFP.
Now they have been fired from the temple in Phetchabun province and sent to rehab.
A temple without monks has created problems for the locals. In Buddhism, it is common to give gifts such as food to monks, and in turn collect merit of your own.
– The fact that the temple is now empty of monks means that nearby villagers are worried that they cannot donate, says the temple’s spokesperson Boonlert Thintapthai, to AFP.
The temple has appealed to the local abbot for help in finding new monks.
Thailand has a big problem with methamphetamine, and in 2021 the drug was seized more than ever.
Payments from the social security fund are postponed
Sweden’s unemployment insurance funds have been closed after the cyber attack this week.
Now the next payment is postponed.
“For security reasons, Thursday’s payment will be postponed and will take place as soon as possible,” announces the umbrella organization Sweden’s unemployment insurance funds in a press release.
The chancellor, Tomas Eriksson, states that the payments have the highest priority.
– We are working to secure future payments as best we can. That work is now underway. In this situation, we cannot say more than that, he says.
Read more here.
Stop on E20 – road closed
Two cars have collided on the E22 east of Gualöv, Kristianstad.
The accident happened shortly after 6 p.m. and there was then a total standstill in both directions.
Just over half an hour later, traffic has reopened in the eastbound direction. It is still closed in the westbound direction, where the accident occurred, the police write on their website.
It is still unclear if anyone was injured in the accident.
Bush knockers were threatened with a gun – chased out into the forest
A group of young people went around knocking on doors in a town outside Lidköping on the eve of the Valborg Fair, reports NLT.
One of the doors was opened by a teenage boy who was armed with a gun.
The youths ran off towards a wooded area and the teenage boy chased after them. There the situation calmed down and the boy said “I could have shot you”, but also said that the gun was not a real gun
It turned out to be a carbon-fueled air gun. The boy was sentenced in the district court to 40 hours of youth service for illegal threats and weapons offences. The Court of Appeal changed the penalty to youth care.
Police cars must have safety lights
The police must be allowed to use the police cars’ “security-creating lights” to a greater extent to show their presence more clearly.
The government has decided this through an amendment to the traffic regulation.
The “identification light” is a fixed, weak, blue light that is on the roof of the cars.
“It is not an alarm signal and does not mean that road users must treat the police vehicle in any particular way,” writes the government in a press release.
– It has been shown that the light has good effects and now we are making it possible for the police to use it more permanently in order to be seen and create safety both when stationary and while driving, says Infrastructure and Housing Minister Andreas Carlson.
Nine dead after flood
Nine people have died in floods in Johannesburg in South Africa, AFP reports.
Eight people are also missing, according to local media.
The people are said to have been attending a church ceremony when the area was flooded.
Woman missing during orienteering competition
A woman has disappeared in connection with an orienteering competition in Furulund, Kävlinge. She was last seen at 11.50 at Kävlingebron.
The woman is in her 60s, is blonde and wearing a grey/red shirt, black trousers and was wearing a sweatband on her head.
Several police patrols are searching for the woman and are also using drones.
Update: The police announce that the woman has been found and is doing well.
Russian move after the price ceiling
Russia refuses to accept the price ceiling on oil agreed by EU countries, Russian Gazeta reports.
Now they plan to only sell oil to countries that agree to the market conditions, even if this means that they need to reduce production, says Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak.
He also states that Russia is now developing a “mechanism” that will prevent the EU from setting a price ceiling on oil.
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You write that “At the Sunes Elefant restaurant in Visby, Nooshi Dadgostar eats steak and fries drenched in a brownish semi-transparent sauce”, but what did she drink with the food…? It does not appear.
Pelle brokers peace
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You cannot include everything in your text. In the documentary, it appears to be carbonated water in the glass. It could also be Sprite. But now I fall into speculation.
Pleasant evening!
What happened to Tove who was murdered? No newspaper writes more about the murder that I can find.
Pia
Hi Pia! The police and prosecutors have announced that they will wait to say more about the case while the investigation is ongoing. Both women are still in custody and on December 15, prosecutor Adam Rullman is expected to request that they be re-arrested, if nothing else happens.
Hi, is Turkey in the EU and if so how can they go against the rest of the EU when it comes to imports and price caps on Russian oil
MARGARETA MALMSTRÖM
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Turkey is a member of NATO – but not of the EU.
Why is Erdogan’s first name always printed? This does not happen with other world leaders.
Bear
Hi Bjorn!
I actually disagree. The first names of other world leaders are also printed at regular intervals.
How far along is the investigation into the election fraud in Gothenburg? When will we know more?
Vanya
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What we do know is that the incident being investigated is about a fight between two people in connection with a polling station. The suspect is said to have threatened the other person to vote a certain way.
We follow the development!
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