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An explosion has occurred “in or around” a boat that is parked indoors in Holmsund outside Umeå.
It reports SVT News Västerbotten.
Three people have received minor burns and are being treated by paramedics.
THREE NEWS YOU CAN’T MISS
Robert Kennedy Jr. Photo: Nora Savosnick
Independent candidate Robert Kennedy Jr. will withdraw from the US presidential race before the end of the week.
This is stated by sources ABC News.
According to the sources, it is more likely that he will support Donald Trump.
It has already been planned that Kennedy will give a speech on Friday morning.
Robert Kennedy Jr. has been a cloud of worry in the American election campaign, as there was a risk that he would pick up votes from both Kamala Harris and Donald Trump.
An SJ regional train was evacuated during the evening after it started to catch fire in one of the train’s wheels, says the Södertörn Rescue Service.
There were over 130 passengers on the train who had to be evacuated via the train track at Tullinge airport.
When the emergency services arrived, the fire had stopped.
Replacement buses have been ordered, but the rescue service also says that it is fine for people to come and pick up their relatives, which is done at the flotilla road in Tullinge.
– We don’t know how long the train will be there, but it is stopped in both directions, says Andreas Blomquist, officer on duty.
An overwhelming majority of the members of the US central bank’s interest-setting committee are open to lowering the policy rate, reports Dagens Industri.
According to a protocol published on Wednesday evening, some of the members were ready to lower the interest rate as early as July.
Greek authorities have rescued 147 people who tried to reach the country in small boats over the past 24 hours.
Among them was a boat in distress off Lesvos near the Turkish coast, in which 115 people were on board.
According to the coast guard, 67 men, 27 women and 21 children have been taken to a migrant reception center on Lesbos. The boat sank shortly after the migrants were rescued.
In addition, 25 men and seven boys were rescued from a boat that ran into trouble 39 nautical miles (roughly 56 kilometers) off Crete. (TT)
The Tidö parties want to abolish the flight tax completely, according to information to Ekot.
It has already been known that the Tidö parties considered halving the flight tax that the airlines pay per passenger.
The flight tax was introduced in 2018 by the previous government.
A body has been found outdoors in western Stockholm on Wednesday afternoon.
According to the police, the body was found in a field.
– Our assessment is that the body has been there for a while, says police spokesperson Nadya Norton.
As the circumstances surrounding the death are unclear, the police have opened a preliminary investigation into murder.
– The technicians got there a little while ago. We need to take several investigative measures because there are ambiguities.
A man in his 40s has been injured in a fight outside Centrumgalleria in Finspång, the police write on their website.
The man has been taken to hospital by ambulance but does not have life-threatening injuries.
The police are looking for a suspected perpetrator and assess that there is no danger to the public.
The assault has taken place with a sharp affection, and the crime classification is changed from assault to attempted murder.
Photo: Salvatore Cavalli / AP
Five bodies have been found at the wrecked sailing yacht in Italy, writes Sky News.
Two of the dead have been identified as British tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch and his 18-year-old daughter, writes The Telegraph.
A total of six people are missing, including Morgan Stanley chairman Jonathan Bloomer.
22 people are said to have been on board the luxury yacht that sank off the coast of Sicily in Italy.
During Monday, the police had received three reports regarding fraud from students who were deceived when they applied for accommodation, the police write on their website.
The students were to study at colleges and universities in Stockholm and had come into contact via social media with people who claimed to rent out accommodation.
However, there has been no accommodation and the students have been cheated on the deposit and the landlords have since disappeared.
Malin has been missing for three days and now the police are expanding their search efforts.
In addition to reporting a missing person, the police have now established a preliminary investigation into kidnapping. No one is suspected or arrested in the case.
On Wednesday, the police expanded the search effort and enlisted the help of more organizations. The armed forces and Missing People have been involved.
Read more about Malin’s disappearance here.
Two men, suspected of having planned a terrorist act against the Riksdag in Stockholm, have been charged in Germany. Federal prosecutors filed the indictment Aug. 12 in state court in Jena, which will decide if and when the case goes to trial, the AP reports.
The two defendants planned to shoot police officers and other people at the Riksdag house in Stockholm, according to the prosecutors. They tried repeatedly to get hold of weapons, but failed.
The men were arrested in Gera in eastern Germany and have been in custody since spring.
The men, who are Afghan citizens, are suspected of having connections to a branch of the terrorist group IS and are said to have planned the act as revenge for Koran burnings in Sweden.
The rescue service’s fireboat Göte 2 has run aground in the Korshamnsrännan between Köpstadsö and Brännö, writes the Göteborg posten.
Two people are said to have been on the boat. A man has been taken by helicopter to hospital and is said to be slightly injured according to the GP.
The other was taken by boat to land where an ambulance was waiting. The person’s injury status is unclear.
The boat must have run aground when it was driving at high speed during an exercise, writes the Greater Gothenburg rescue service in a press release.
The maritime police are on site and are investigating whether there is reason to suspect crime in connection with the accident. The grounded rescue boat is towed to shore, the police write.
After the luxury yacht “Bayesian” sank off Sicily on Monday morning, divers have found two more people dead, reports VG with reference to Reuters.
The dead were found inside the wrecked ship.
22 people were on board, 15 have been rescued and the cook has already been confirmed dead. The wreck lies at a depth of 50 metres.
Two women are charged with aggravated rape against a woman in Rissne in northwest Stockholm, earlier this year, writes Expressen.
The women allegedly abused and threatened to kill the woman.
Both women who are now being charged are related to each other.
The incident occurred in May this year and seven people, women and men, were arrested in connection with it.
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