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Shooting at an apartment in Malmö

Shortly after midnight on the night of Thursday, an apartment in the Söderkulla area of ​​Malmö was fired upon with several shots.

Police were called to the scene after loud bangs were heard and then found an apartment that had several bullet holes through the window and damage to the facade, reports Skånska Dagbladet.

The police task force entered the apartment, but no one was in the home and no one injured has been found nearby.

New fire threatens the Hollywood sign

Another fire has broken out in Los Angeles, this time in the Hollywood Hills where the iconic Hollywood sign is located, which has stood there for 102 years.

According to L.A. Times it’s burning near Hollywood Boulevard.

The fire is described as explosive and moving towards the densely populated areas of Hollywood.

The Los Angeles Fire Department is now issuing evacuation orders for large parts of downtown Hollywood.

Reception for circumcision stopped – danger to life

A doctor at a circumcision clinic in Gothenburg has been stopped by the Swedish Care Inspectorate (Ivo) after serious irregularities were discovered, reports SVT Nyheter Väst.

The doctor’s main task was the circumcision of boys. The irregularities were discovered during an inspection – and Ivo sees it as putting patients’ lives and health at risk.

The drug Stesolid has been used as a sedative in young children, which Ivo calls controversial because it can cause serious side effects. The inspection also revealed serious hygiene deficiencies.

Between December 2023 and May 2024, 173 circumcisions were performed at the clinic.

In 2021, the doctor was given a probationary period by the Health Care Responsibility Board after three boys suffered complications after the procedures.

Long sentences for homophobic murder

Four men were sentenced on Wednesday to long prison terms by a Spanish court for the high-profile murder of 24-year-old Samuel Luiz.

The homophobic murder took place in A Coruña in the summer of 2021, when Luiz was beaten to death outside a nightclub.

The men were sentenced to prison for between 24 and ten years.

Five dead in the Los Angeles fires

According to the LA Times, at least five people have now died and 100,000 have been evacuated as a result of the uncontrolled wildfires.

Over 1,100 buildings have burned down.

Attempted murder of resident – assault on staff

At 9 p.m., the police were alerted to an assisted living facility in western Stockholm.

There, a resident had attacked the staff with a knife.

An employee received minor injuries, but not from the knife but in another way, the police write on their website.

When the police arrived, the staff had overpowered the resident.

The incident is being investigated as attempted murder and the police have made various seizures at the residence.

The identity of Israeli soldiers must be concealed

Israel’s military has decided to withhold the identities of all soldiers participating in combat, following attempts to prosecute Israeli soldiers traveling abroad for war crimes, the Times of Israel reports.

The military’s new rules for the media mean that any interview with an officer who has a higher rank than brigadier general will be done anonymously, similar to how it already works for pilots and people from the special forces.

All soldiers will be subject to the rules.

The persons must also not be able to be linked to a specific combat event.

Media footage will need to be approved by the military’s Censorship and Information Security Department.

Man arrested for attempted murder of woman

Just before 9pm on Wednesday evening, the police were called to an apartment dispute in Mölndal.

There, it was discovered that a woman had been injured in the head by an object. A 35-year-old man was arrested on the spot, and is now suspected of attempted murder.

According to early information to the police, the man and woman know each other.

The woman must have been awake and talkative. She has been taken to hospital by ambulance.

Severe assault in Stockholm

A man in his 30s was this evening abused by unknown perpetrators in Landstingsparken on Kungsholmen in Stockholm.

The man is said to have been kicked, punched and also stabbed with a knife-like object.

– He bled and had to go by ambulance to hospital, says Daniel Wikdahl at the police in Stockholm.

The victim has not been able to provide any apparent explanation for what happened or tell who attacked him.

– But he was awake and articulate, says Daniel Wikdahl.

The incident is classified as aggravated assault.

It is still unknown why the man was attacked.

No suspected perpetrator has been arrested.

Young women detained for explosion in Gothenburg

Two women in their 20s have been detained on suspicion of being behind an explosion in Gothenburg, local media reports.

Last Saturday evening, an explosion occurred at an apartment building in the Kålltorp district. No people were injured.

The two suspects were arrested shortly thereafter and later detained.

On Wednesday, the women were arrested on probable cause on suspicion of public destruction and gross violation of the Act on Flammable and Explosive Goods.

Nicaragua shuts down Save the Children

Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega has shut down Save the Children and 14 other NGOs in the country, according to decree.

Since returning to power in 2007, Ortega has acted increasingly authoritarian, and his government has since 2018 shut down more than 5,000 NGOs in a crackdown on dissent.

The Ministry of the Interior claims that Save the Children, which operates in more than 100 countries, has itself requested to be disbanded.

The organization’s branch that operates in Latin America and the Caribbean declined to comment on the closure.

The government has already shut down the Canadian branch of Save the Children’s operations in Nicaragua.

Man hit by train

A man in his 70s has been hit by a train in Frövi outside Lindesberg.

“The man was at a station area when he was hit by the train in an currently unclear manner,” the police write on their website.

The man was taken to hospital by ambulance. His injuries should not be life-threatening.

Bus and car in collision

At around 8 p.m., a bus and a car collided on Södra Ringvägen in Västerås.

– Two people in total who must be involved. The road is blocked according to passersby. The emergency services are on site, says Ola Nilsson, team leader at SOS Alarm VLT.

Lufthansa to hire 10,000

German airline Lufthansa is set to hire around 10,000 people during the year, a sign of the industry’s recovery after the covid-19 pandemic.

According to a statement, the airline is now looking for 800 pilots and 2,000 flight attendants, while technicians, other ground staff and various types of administrators make up the rest.

During the pandemic, the Lufthansa group – which also owns several other airlines and industry players – cut approximately 30,000 jobs but has since hired.

Last year, the workforce increased by 13,000, according to board member Michael Niggemann.

The Lufthansa group has over 100,000 employees in roughly 90 countries.