Accident causes stoppage in train traffic

One got electrocuted – taken to hospital

A man has been electrocuted at a workplace in Järpen in Åre.

The police were alerted to the accident at 4:40 p.m.

The man is awake and talking, but has been taken to hospital by ambulance.

The incident is being investigated as causing bodily harm through work environment violations.

The head of government: Is in dialogue with Trump

Greenland’s Prime Minister Múte Bourup Egede wants to cooperate with Donald Trump.

– We have started a dialogue and are looking at the possibility of cooperation with Trump, he says according to the channel KNR.

The future president of the United States has been saying for several years that he wants to buy Greenland.

Last week, Trump again said he is considering deploying the military to “take control” of the area.

Greenland’s head of government responded to:

“We are not for sale, nor will we ever be”.

Information: The Tidö parties want to be able to revoke the citizenship of gang criminals

The Tidö parties want to change the constitution to be able to revoke the citizenship of gang criminals, according to information to SVT and Aftonbladet.

Since 2023, the issue has been investigated by the Constitutional Committee.

According to information to Aftonbladet, a proposal will be presented on Wednesday. Then the committee will propose a constitutional amendment – to be able to revoke citizenship in some cases.

According to the information, the government, together with SD, will propose that it should also be possible to revoke the citizenship of people who commit crimes that threaten the system.

Among other things, they want it to apply to serious violent crimes in a gang environment.

Police action in Gothenburg after threat – building evacuated

A threat has been received to a business in Gothenburg, the police say.

The police were called to the building, which was cordoned off.

“The business itself chose to evacuate the building due to the incident,” the police write on their website.

The police do not assess that there is a risk that the threat will be carried out.

Man dead after moped accident in Torsås

A man in his 60s has died after a traffic accident in Torsås, the police say.

Police were called on Tuesday afternoon to a traffic accident with a moped, where the man overturned.

A few hours later, the police announced that the man had died.

Preliminary investigation into DN reporter’s money transfer is closed

A crime reporter at Dagens Nyheter was suspected last year of having transferred a large sum of money to a network criminal.

The reporter is said to have brought over SEK 150,000 to a person with connections to the Foxtrot gang. The person is part of a notorious criminal clan in Uppsala, according to Aftonbladet’s sources.

The police opened a preliminary investigation into money laundering offences, which included the transfer. However, the reporter himself was never informed of suspicion of crime.

After the incident, an internal investigation was carried out at Dagens Nyheter, which later led to an agreement that the reporter quit the newspaper.

Fire on balcony in Trångsund

There has been a fire on a balcony in Trångsund in southern Stockholm.

– It is unclear what started the fire, but we have now extinguished the fire, says duty officer Henrik Dewoon Thorén.

No one is said to have been in the apartment during the fire.

Sentenced for rape of the elderly – eight years in prison

A man in home care in Uppsala is convicted of several serious rapes and sexual assaults against elderly women.

The man is also convicted of offensive photography when he filmed some of the abuses.

He gets eight years in prison.

Every tenth job will be lost at Boozt

The online store Boozt, headquartered in Malmö, is reducing its permanent workforce by approximately 10 percent, the company writes in a press release.

The changes are to be implemented during the first quarter of 2025.

“The financial consequences of this initiative are expected to be net positive,” writes Boozt in the press release.

CEO and co-founder Hermann Haraldsson explains the move as a way to increase productivity and efficiency and as a result of “an increased use of AI-powered tools throughout the value chain.”

In addition to Malmö, Boozt has operations abroad, in Copenhagen, Aarhus, Vilnius and Poznan. In total, there are over 1,100 employees according to the company’s website.

14-year-old son of police suspect in Malmö shooting

On the night of Thursday, an apartment in Söderkulla in Malmö was shelled. Two boys under the age of 15 were taken into custody after the shooting.

One of the suspected boys is the son of a police officer in Malmö, according to information given to TV4 Nyheterna.

– In the subsequent investigative work after the shooting, suspicions were raised that two boys under the age of 15 had been involved in the incident. Quite immediately it was also clear that the one boy is related to a person who is employed in the Malmö police area, says police spokesperson Nils Norling to TV4.

Suspected mafia men arrested in Spain

Spanish police have arrested three “extremely dangerous” suspected mafia members, wanted in Italy for, among other things, attempted murder, arms smuggling and money laundering.

According to the police, one of the suspects is the leader of a “dangerous family clan” in the Neapolitan Camorra, the others are his son and his son-in-law. The three were arrested in Marbella.

The investigation began when the Spanish police found out that the leader, who is suspected of money laundering, had fled from Italy to Spain. He was reportedly tracked to a house in Marbella that he almost never left, according to the police statement.

The son is accused of attempted murder and weapons smuggling and risks a 30-year prison sentence. The son-in-law, who is accused of drug smuggling and tobacco smuggling, can be sentenced to 20 years in prison.

The effort was made in collaboration with the Italian police.

Spain wants to double the tax on foreign home buyers

Spain’s government is worried about how the country’s housing market is affected by tourists and foreigners.

In many places, rents are rising rapidly, and the number of homes available to Spaniards is decreasing as many are rented out to tourists year-round.

Now Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is launching a reform package to improve the housing market, reports El País.

Among other things, the government wants to double the tax on homes bought by foreigners from countries outside the EU, and that apartments rented out through, for example, Airbnb should be classified as business activities and thus receive higher taxes and VAT.

The government is also proposing a series of measures to give publicly owned housing more space on the market.

Trampoline recalled

Jti Ventures AB recalls the trampoline Innova Goods Kids Trampoline 140 cm.

The trampoline has serious safety hazards. There is a risk of fall injury with sprains, strains or, in the worst case, fractures and concussion as a result. In addition, there is a risk of crushing and lacerations, writes the Swedish Consumer Agency in a press release.

The recalled trampoline has item number 120416628 and was sold through the eStore and CDON between May and September 2024.

Thin padding, exposed springs and a low safety net result in a high risk of falling.

Russia and Iran in “strategic partnership”

Russia and Iran will sign a “comprehensive strategic partnership” on Friday, the Kremlin announced.

“On January 17, Vladimir Putin will hold talks with the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Masoud Pezeshkian, who is coming to Moscow on an official visit,” the power headquarters said, adding that the two would then sign the document.