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Imprisoned Malmö priest decapitated
A priest in Malmö has his collar cut off and is no longer allowed to carry out his work, reports say South Sweden.
The announcement comes after the priest was recently sentenced to one month in prison for aggravated drunken driving and aggravated illegal driving after being stopped by security guards outside a pub.
When the security guards intervened, the priest, who had 1.99 alcohol in his blood, must have become “messy and threatening”, according to witnesses, writes Sydsvenskan.
The priest is also said to have been convicted several times in the past for illegal driving as he has not had a driver’s license for several years.
The priest is considered to have violated the Church of Sweden’s fifth ordination vow, which states that a priest must promise to “so set his life that it becomes an example to everyone and an offense to no one.”
– When priests are ordained, they make vows. This means, for example, that they must be role models for everyone. And you’re not just a priest until 5 pm, says Eirik Ski, first diocesan lawyer at Lund’s diocese to Sydsvenskan.
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Drug kingpin admits
Dairo Antonio Úsuga. Photo: Colombia Police Press Office via AP,
Cocaine kingpin Dairo Antonio Úsuga, also known as “Otoniel”, now pleads guilty to drug smuggling, TT reports.
Dairo Antonio Úsuga was formerly the leader of the powerful Gulf Clan drug cartel, but was arrested in 2021 in Colombia and handed over to the United States last year.
He is accused of having smuggled 73 tons of cocaine into the United States and has previously denied any crime. But on Wednesday, he pleaded guilty to three of the charges in a New York court.
Trump soon back on Facebook and Instagram
Donald Trump. Photo: House Select Committee via AP
Donald Trump may soon be back on Facebook and Instagram, writes NBC.
The ex-president was suspended from his accounts on the platforms after the storming of the Capitol on January 6, 2021. But in a few weeks he will be able to log in and go online again, according to the company Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram and is currently reinstalling Trump’s accounts.
But if he publishes something that goes against the platforms’ rules, he risks being banned again, for up to two years.
At least 27 dead in explosion
At least 27 people have died after an explosion in the state of Nasarawa in Nigeria, TT reports.
A group of cattle herders were on their way to a village, when something detonated in their midst.
It is unclear what caused the explosion. The police believe it was a bomb attack, but an organization that represents cattle herders in the region states that the military carried out an air raid.
In the area, battles have been going on for decades between cattle herders, who are mainly Muslims, and farmers, who are mainly Christians.
At the same time, the military has several times before, by mistake, killed civilians in air raids aimed at Islamist extremists.
Parked police car attacked
On Wednesday evening, someone or a few smashed a police car in Älta outside Stockholm.
– You have been working on an investigative case and so the car has been exposed to vandalism when you got back to it, says Daniel Wikdahl at the Stockholm police region.
He does not know if anyone has been injured in connection with the incident, nor if the police know anything about the perpetrators.
Burglars took out entire window panes
During the day, the police received alarms about several burglaries in Lund.
In two of them, the burglars had entered through the window – after removing the entire window pane.
In two other cases, the thieves had broken open patio doors.
The police carry out technical investigations at the crime scenes and collect other information.
Man shot in Eskilstuna
Police on scene after the shooting. Photo: Blue light images
A man has been seriously injured after a shooting in Årby in Eskilstuna.
The police are looking for one or more perpetrators.
A preliminary investigation into attempted murder has been opened.
The police have cordoned off outside a pizzeria.
– We have cordoned off a place that can be considered a crime scene. We have plenty of police officers on site and also police officers with special skills, says police spokesperson Angelica Israelsson Silfver.
The police state that they are interested in getting in touch with anyone who made interesting observations on people or cars that may have left the scene.
Woman found dead – suspected murder
A woman was found dead in a home in Linköping on Wednesday.
The police write that “the circumstances surrounding the death mean that crime cannot be ruled out”. A preliminary investigation into murder has been opened.
No one has been arrested.
The police have cordoned off the residence and carried out door knocking in the area.
Next of kin have been notified.
One dead and four injured after machete attack
Photo: Nono Rico/Europa Press via AP
At least one person has died and four have been injured after attacks at several churches in the Spanish city of Algeciras, writes El Mundo.
One of the attacks is said to have occurred in the parish of San Isidro where a man is said to have taken his in with a machete, writes Europa Sur.
The motive behind the attack is still unclear, but the police are investigating it as an act of terrorism. The suspected perpetrator has been arrested.
Knife-cut man found in Rinkeby
A knife-cut man has been found at the subway station in Rinkeby.
According to the police, he has been stabbed in the leg and will be taken to hospital.
– But the crime did not take place there. He has come with or to the subway, but it has taken place elsewhere, says police spokesperson Daniel Wikdahl.
No one has been arrested.
– We are working to find out where he was injured, but the more we work, we see that it didn’t just happen, says Daniel Wikdahl.
Wolf hybrids threaten the wolf tribe
Wolf hybrids – that is, crosses between wolves and dogs – have been discovered in Karelia in Finland, TT reports.
This threatens the genetic viability of the wolf tribe in Finland, according to the country’s Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry.
“Hybrids can also be less shy of humans than pure wolves. The wolf hybrids should be removed from the wild, so that they do not multiply and interbreed with the wolves.” they write in a press release.
The Finnish government is now urging hunters to apply for a dispensation to shoot the hybrids.
Legendary guitarist dead
Anthony ‘Top’ Topham is dead.
The first guitarist of the rock band Yardbirds was 76 years old.
Topham left the group in 1965 and was subsequently replaced by Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck, who died earlier in January.
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