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Demonstrations after the police assault
Demonstrations have broken out in several US cities after footage of the fatal police beating of Tire Nichols in Memphis was released last night, several US media reports – including The Guardian.
Hundreds of protesters have temporarily blocked a road bridge in Memphis and local media reports that several people have been arrested in New York.
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Three dead after torrential rain
Photo: Hayden Woodward/TT News Agency
The same amount of rain that normally falls in an entire summer fell in one day in New Zealand’s largest city, Auckland.
Now the country’s Prime Minister Chris Hipkins says that three people died and one person is missing after the heavy downpour and floods, reports TT.
According to the city’s emergency services, they have made 700 calls during the downpour and received around 2,000 emergency calls.
Read more about Auckland’s storms here.
Suspected pyromaniac acts in Malmö
Ten different fires have occurred in Malmö in the past 24 hours.
The most recent two occurred with short intervals in the Holma district late on Friday evening.
At 22:24 there was a fire in a leisure park and at 00:04 a car caught fire nearby. According to the police, someone broke a window and threw a Molotov cocktail.
– Afterwards, a car is heard to start and drive away, says police officer on duty Andreas Hulting.
On Thursday evening and the night before Friday, another eight smaller fires occurred in other parts of Malmö. Among other things, there was a fire in a canoe club, a bakery and a garbage station.
The police suspect that the fires were started by one or more pyromaniacs.
– We have no traces, but it feels like someone is out and about, says Andreas Hulting.
Man stabbed several times
A man in his 30s was stabbed late on Friday evening in Blackeberg in western Stockholm.
The police were alerted at 23.52 and have arrested three men aged 20-25, suspected of attempted murder.
The victim received several stab wounds and was taken to hospital by ambulance.
– His injuries are serious but not life-threatening, says Tomas Ibstedt, police officer on duty.
Fully developed house fire
A villa has started to burn outside Örebro. The alarm came at 22.30 on Friday, reports P4 Örebro.
– When the emergency services arrive, it is a fully developed fire. They have given a forecast of a couple of hours. Extinguishing work is underway, says Linda Bergquist, team leader at SOS Alarm.
One person was at the villa but there are no reports of injuries.
Man crushed by hydraulic urinal
The man died while servicing the urinal. Photo: Jonathan Brady/AP
A man has died after being crushed by a hydraulic urinal in London’s West End, reports say Sky News.
According to the police, the man was supposed to maintain the urinal, which is lifted out of the ground at night and stored underground during the day, when the accident occurred.
– We are sorry to have to announce that, despite the efforts of the emergency services, the man who was seriously injured in the accident was pronounced dead, the police write on Twitter.
Fire in leisure park
A fire has broken out in a leisure park in Malmö.
According to the emergency services, it is not yet known if anyone was injured.
– We have just arrived at the scene, said officer on duty Håkan Månsson at around 9.30pm.
Heavy smoke billows from the building.
The police and ambulance have also been called to the scene.
Månsson says to Sydsvenskan that no people were found in the building.
Fire in barn
A fire broke out in a barn in Götene on Friday evening.
The 300 square meter building could not be saved and the rescue service has been working to protect adjacent buildings.
The police warned of the risk of explosion as there were gas bottles in the building, but the threat has been averted according to the emergency services.
– There were LPG bottles in a caravan in there, but there is no danger anymore. We have started winding down the operation, says duty officer Fredrik Skog.
Hoping for “super-fast, poisonous spiders”
Another peacock tarantella. Photo: Dan Olsen/Getty Images
Five peacock tarantulas have moved into the zoo Nordens ark, writes Bohusläningen.
The spiders are part of the zoo’s breeding program. But they don’t know how it will go yet.
– When predatory insects mate, the male is killed. If the mating is not successful, the male will still be killed. It will be exciting to see if we succeed, says Jimmy Helgesson, responsible for insects and spiders at Nordens Ark to the newspaper.
But if all goes well, each female can produce 150-200 new spiders per mating.
– The hope is that we will mate them and get a lot of very fast, poisonous spiders. I get nervous just saying it, says Jimmy Helgesson.
Seven dead after shooting at synagogue
The mass shooting took place at a synagogue. Photo: Mahmoud Illean/AP
At least seven people have died after a shooting at a synagogue in Jerusalem, reports say The Jerusalem Post.
About ten have been injured, according to the newspaper.
The suspected perpetrator is said to have been killed by the security forces.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to hold a press conference later this evening.
Earlier, The Jerusalem Post stated that eight people died in connection with the shooting.
Read more here.
The police shot the knifeman in the leg
The police shot at a 55-year-old man armed with a knife in Västerås on Friday evening. They received an alarm that the man was at a bus stop and several police patrols moved out.
The man refused to drop the knife even though the police fired warning shots. Then they shot him in the leg.
When he still refused to drop the knife, police cordoned off the area before they could overpower him.
The man, who was cared for by paramedics on site, was forcibly taken into custody and will be handed over to the medical service for an assessment, the police write on their website.
The prime minister invites to a meeting after threats against Sweden
Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson. Photo: BJÖRN LINDAHL
Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson invites the opposition to a meeting about the security situation after the threats directed at Sweden, writes The Express.
The meeting will take place on Tuesday at 5 p.m.
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Hey! The government states that it is about wanting to protect “individuals’ personal circumstances”. They have also referred to the security policy situation.
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