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Tried to hijack a police car
A person fled from the police in Ludvika and during the car chase the motorist tried to run a police car off the road.
Then the motorist lost control and drove into another car, which led to both driving off the road.
– We are on site with several units and are trying to clarify what happened. But no one has had to seek medical care, says duty officer Dan Grabö.
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Kim Jong Un promises new nuclear weapons
Kim Jong Un said during a speech on New Year’s Eve that the country’s production of nuclear warheads should increase “exponentially” and it should build a more powerful intercontinental ballistic missile.
He also said that North Korea will soon launch its first military spy satellite.
Woman dead after fire
A woman has died after a fire in an apartment in Lindängen in Malmö.
An alarm about a fire in an apartment came at 6 p.m. on New Year’s Eve and when the emergency services arrived at the scene, smoke was discovered from the apartment and the door was broken open.
Once inside the apartment, smoke divers found an injured woman. She was taken to hospital in an ambulance but died during the night. It is still unclear what caused the fire.
(TT)
Police fired with rockets
The police have been fired upon with rockets both in Bredäng in southern Stockholm and Rissne north of Stockholm.
– In Rissne, people shot rockets at people and when the police arrived, they also shot at them. People have been checked and rockets have been seized, says Helena Boström-Thomas, press spokesperson at the Stockholm Police.
Zelenskyy: In 2023 we will win the war
New Year’s celebrations in Sophia Square in Kyiv – before the city was shaken by new Russian bomb attacks on New Year’s Eve. Photo: Roman Hrytsyna/AP
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy greeted the New Year with a prediction: That Ukraine will win the war against invading Russia.
“Today there is only one wish. And it will come true not through a miracle but through our work, our struggle, mutual aid and humanity. Happy New Year! The year of our victory.”
In his New Year’s greeting, Zelensky also said that “light can be found in everyone – even when there is no electricity”.
Cheering words to all Ukrainians celebrating the new year without electricity after the Russian attacks of the last few weeks knocked out large parts of the electricity grid.
Here you can read more about the state of war.
Canceled departures due to staff shortages
There is reduced traffic on the subway’s red and green lines during New Year’s Eve due to staff shortages, SL announces on its website.
They warn that the trains can get crowded during the night.
E6 closed after accident
A car with three people in it overturned off the E6 at the Borgeby traffic stop outside Löddeköpinge, reports South Sweden.
No one is expected to be seriously injured, but the road is completely closed to southbound traffic.
The rescue work is expected to last at least until 23:30 according to the Swedish Transport Administration.
Several robots fired from North Korea
The light of a South Korean rocket over Goynang yesterday. Photo: Ahn Young-joon/AP/TT
The South Korean military warns that several ballistic missiles have been fired from Pyongyang towards the Sea of Japan during the day.
During the week, the North Korean military carried out several robot tests and also flew drones across the border with South Korea.
South Korea has responded to the provocations by sending its own drones over North Korean areas.
Tensions on the Korean Peninsula have been rising throughout 2022.
An injured person in a scooter accident
One person has been injured in a scooter accident outside Järpen in Jämtland.
– It is a scooter that has collided with a tree, a post or something similar, says the internal commander of the rescue service, Henrik Jönsson, to Östersunds-Posten.
The person was taken to hospital by ambulance helicopter.
Rocket shooters were told – were beaten
The police were called to Burlöv at 10 pm after a man raised the alarm about being beaten by several unknown people.
The people allegedly fired rockets at the man and his party. When he told them to stop, they allegedly beat him.
Young people shoot rockets “wildly around”
During the evening, the police in the South region responded to several alarms about young people shooting rockets in various locations.
At 7 p.m., several people called the police when young people were “shooting rockets wildly around them” in Klostergården in Lund, the police write on their website.
An hour later, a person in Eslöv raised the alarm that young people had fired rockets in the square and that one of the rockets had hit the person who raised the alarm.
In Kristianstad, SOS received an alert about a fire in a garbage can when someone threw fireworks.
At 9:40 p.m., a security guard in Kronogården, Lund raised the alarm that young people were firing rockets at him. When the police arrive, the young people also shoot rockets at the police patrol. More patrols are sent to the scene.
Man stabbed in the stomach – seriously injured
A man in his 20s has been taken to hospital with serious injuries after being stabbed in the stomach with a stabbing weapon. The condition must be serious but stable.
The incident occurred just before 6 pm on Lars Kaggsgatan in eastern Gothenburg.
The perpetrator is said to be a man in his 30s, according to witness statements to the police. No suspect has been arrested.
The police are investigating the incident as attempted aggravated robbery. Technicians are on site and door knocking is being carried out in the area.
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Hey! Is there any new information regarding the Towe case, have charges been filed yet or when does it look like it will be?
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Counting cod by cod sounds like a real Sisyphus project. The figure is likely an estimate of the number of dead fish.
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