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Two people died in traffic accidents where both cars had overturned. Two people were stabbed.
A pharmacy was subjected to an armed robbery and a car caught fire twice again.
Here are Midsummer Eve’s blue light headlines – hour by hour.
ⓘ The summary is made with the support of AI tools from OpenAI and quality assured by Aftonbladet. Read our AI policy here.
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06.24 Fire to the ground
A villa burned to the ground in Uddevalla around 02:30. The person who reported the incident got out of the house unharmed.
07.19 Man stabbed in Uppsala
A man was stabbed in Uppsala on the night of Midsummer Eve. The man was taken to hospital but his injuries were not life-threatening. The police opened a preliminary investigation into assault but no one was arrested.
07.22 The stabbing in the chest
A man was stabbed in the chest at Järntorget in Gothenburg at around 01.30. The man was taken to hospital by ambulance. His injuries are initially assessed as serious, but not life-threatening.
The incident is classified as attempted murder or extremely serious assault.
– The state of the investigation looks good. We have a picture of the escape route and are looking into the possibility of obtaining surveillance footage, said August Brandt, police spokesperson.
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07.51 Fire at restaurant
Just before 01:00 on Friday night, the alarm came about a fully developed fire at an outdoor restaurant in central Falun. Flames from the fire are said to have also reached the town hall, which is next door, write The Falu Courier.
The police have started a preliminary investigation into arson, as initially there is no natural explanation for the fire. No one was injured.
10.34 Thrown glass and china
Police were called to an assisted living facility in the Borås area where a 45-year-old man was behaving threateningly towards others. According to the police, the man allegedly threw glass and crockery at other people. One person reportedly suffered minor injuries. The man is now suspected of assault and attempted assault.
12.34 Armed pharmacy robbery
A man robbed a pharmacy in Kortedala at gunpoint. He allegedly came across medication and then fled in a dark vehicle, the police say.
– We work on two fronts, on the one hand we search for perpetrators and possible escape vehicles, on the other hand we work at the crime scene, says August Brandt, police spokesperson.
There must have been one or more perpetrators in the vehicle.
13.00 Serial crash and traffic stop
Several cars collided on the E6 in the southbound direction near Mölndal at lunchtime on Friday. Four to five cars are said to have been involved in the crash. The alarm came at 12:30 and E6 was completely shut down during the operation. At 2 p.m., traffic could not flow as usual.
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13.07 Car overturned
A car drove off the road and overturned between Idkerberget and Tuna Hästberg in Borlänge municipality at lunchtime. Two people were hit and are said to have received minor injuries in the accident.
13.23 Collision and traffic stop
Two cars collided on the E22 at the height of Valje and traffic was closed. No one is said to have been injured.
14.23 Fell between boat and jetty
A person fell into the water between a boat and a jetty in Torsby marina. The person must not have been able to swim.
– An ambulance was on the scene, was loaded and went to hospital. But I don’t know anything about the damage situation, said an ambulance conductor at the healthcare emergency center in Karlstad.
14.28 Voltade – three to hospital
Shortly after 2 p.m., the police were alerted to a traffic accident on the E4 south of Ödeshög.
Three people have been taken to hospital by ambulance.
– The car was upside down. The people were out of the vehicle when we arrived, said Håkan Ljung at the rescue service Östra Götaland.
According to information to Aftonbladet, one person is said to be seriously injured.
16.26 Drowning alarm
Police, sea rescue and ambulance rushed to a swimming area in Växjö just before four o’clock in the afternoon after an alarm about drowning, reports P4 Kronoberg. But shortly after the alarm came, the missing person had been found alive and the person had not been in the water.
16.57 Woman stabbed
The police moved out in Sigtuna.
– We were alerted at 16.05 about an injured person, it is a woman in her 40s and she raised the alarm herself that she had been the victim of a crime, said police spokesperson Daniel Wikdahl.
According to information to Aftonbladet, the woman has been stabbed and the whole thing is classified as attempted murder.
A 45-year-old man has been arrested, according to the police he has a close relationship with the woman.
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18.03 Cyclist and moped rider in collision
A cyclist and a moped collided in Motala. The two people were taken to hospital by ambulance, and were awake and talking.
19.26 MC and car in collision – serious damage
A motorcycle and a car collided on road 32 in the height of Aneby. The MC driver was taken to hospital by ambulance.
– The MC driver has serious injuries, said Johanna Månsson, the rescue service’s command operator.
19.27 Man dies in accident
A 55-year-old man died in connection with an accident in Örkelljunga. The car overturned on Ängelholmsvägen. The police are investigating the circumstances of the accident. Relatives have been notified.
19.40 Suspected arson
A fire raged in an apartment building in Blackeberg outside Stockholm. The police suspect that the fire was arson and have opened a preliminary investigation into arson.
20.13 Alarm about masturbating man
The police were alerted about a man who followed women in their 30s in Tantolunden on Södermalm in Stockholm. The man had also masturbated openly. When the patrol got there, the man had left the scene. The incident is being investigated as sexual harassment and a case of outrageous behavior.
20.26 Attempted murder – two arrested
A man in his 20s was attacked with a sharp object in central Eslöv. Two people were arrested on suspicion of attempted murder.
The injured, a man in his 20s, was taken to hospital. The extent of the damage is unclear. The police are now investigating whether the incident has connections to another attempted murder in Eslöv last week.
21.31 Car caught fire – one death
One person died in a traffic accident after a car overturned and caught fire near Löt on Öland. Two people were traveling in the car, but only one of them managed to get out on his own.
– It is a single-person accident, a passenger car overturned for an unknown reason, and in connection with that started a fire, police spokesperson Filip Annas told TT earlier.
00.32 Drove the quad bike into the ditch
A man drove a four-wheeler into the ditch on Arnön in Värmland, reported NWT.
The man is now suspected of drunk driving.
03.13 Car caught fire – twice
A car caught fire in Järpen – twice again. When the emergency services arrived at the scene, there was a fire in the back seat of the car, reports say Östersunds-Posten.
The fire was extinguished with powder extinguishers and water without anyone being injured.
At midnight it heated up again. Then there was an alarm about a fire in the same car – this time it was a petrol can in the tailgate that caught fire. It is not known how the fires started, according to the newspaper.
04.35 “Major quarrel”
The police went to an address in Perstorp. The reason was that there was a suspected assault.
– There must have been some form of assault at 03.48. There must have been some form of intimidation and there was a bigger fight, says Magnus Lefevre, officer on duty at the police.
Otherwise, according to the police, it was a fairly quiet night in Skåne.
– There have been many cases of drunkenness and fights, but no more serious things, says Magnus Lefevre at Polisen Syd.
04.53 Man found dead in lake
A man was found dead in a lake in Stora Kåsjön in Partille, reports GP.
A caller had seen a person in the water and the police, ambulance and emergency services went to the scene at 8.15pm on Friday evening. The police later announced that the person found was dead.
– We have identified the person and relatives have been notified, says Göran Carlbom, duty officer at the police in the West region to the newspaper.
According to the police, the person must have been reported missing earlier in June.