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21-year-old “running boy” internationally wanted for murder
Last year, a leader of the Östberga network was shot to death in Haninge, south of Stockholm.
Now a 21-year-old “running boy” is internationally wanted for the murder, writes Expressen. In the arrest warrant, it appears that the suspect is being held in his absence on probable cause for murder, aggravated weapons offense and attempted murder.
The prosecutor does not want to comment on the 21-year-old’s whereabouts.
Aftonbladet has previously reported on the shot 27-year-old and that he himself had been the target of assassination plots.
He himself had a long criminal record and also appeared in investigations into serious crimes but was acquitted in court or had the suspicions dismissed.
The 21-year-old’s defense lawyer Sabina Böö writes in a comment to Expressen:
“The attitude at the detention hearing that I presented was a denial of both detention and probable cause”.
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13,000 tips about abuse on file with the police
The police are now launching a special operation and more employees will be allowed to work on looking through images and videos that may contain abuse of children, reports SVT News.
The decision comes after 13,000 tips have been collected since 2018.
– It is unfortunate from several aspects and shows how big the problem is, says police process manager Björn Sellström, to SVT.
The tips must be distributed to all seven police regions.
However, the fact that more police officers should be able to check abuse material has provoked strong reactions.
“There is now a concern among workers, group managers and safety representatives that, with the change, the workers will be forced into a work task that will make them feel bad or get sick,” writes a chief safety representative in a submission from one to the Work Environment Agency.
Gunshot wound man did not want to talk to the police
During Friday night, a man in Trollhättan sought care for a gunshot wound to the hand. The police do not currently know how or where the man was shot.
– Neither he nor his friend wants to say anything when we get there, says Peter Adlersson, press spokesperson at the police.
No crime scene has been found, but the police have drawn up a report of aggravated weapons offense and aggravated assault. The man should not be seriously injured.
– Right now we have nothing to go on. We’ll see if it’s possible to get someone to talk in the hope of getting ahead in the case, says Peter Adlersson.
Legionella infection is increasing in the country – several outbreaks
Right now, there are several outbreaks of legionella in different places in the country, reports TV4 Nyheterna.
Elderly homes in Gothenburg and Hässleholm have been affected by the infection, and in Stockholm the Yasuragi spa recently closed after an outbreak.
A bathhouse in Råneå in Luleå municipality has closed after the bacteria was discovered – and will probably not open again as the cleanup will be too expensive.
The Legionella bacterium can cause pneumonia and is particularly dangerous for the elderly and people with weakened immune systems.
President of Finland: NATO members by July at the latest
Finnish President Sauli Niinistö predicts that Sweden and Finland will be admitted as full NATO members by July at the latest, TT reports.
– If it doesn’t happen until the Vilnius meeting, why at all afterwards? says Niinistö in an interview to the news agency STT.
Niinistö believes that the NATO summit in Vilnius on July 11-12 will be an occasion when both Sweden and Finland can be allowed in, as new Swedish terrorism legislation comes into force in June.
The new legislation, Niinistö believes, can give Erdogan a good opportunity to state that “now Sweden has also completed what the NATO summit in Madrid agreed on”.
The White Helmets end the search for survivors
The aid organization operating in areas of northwest Syria told CNN it is no longer searching for survivors.
The organization assesses that there are no longer any people alive under the racial masses. The work is now moving forward with looking for the dead, TT reports.
The police investigate outdoor rape in Lidköping
Police on the scene where a young woman is said to have been the victim of a rape. Photo: Torbjörn Axelsson
A woman in her 20s has reported that she was raped outside by a man in Lidköping between 04 and 05.30 on Saturday morning.
– It is about an assault rape where a lone perpetrator has given in and raped the woman. We will talk more with the woman who is in hospital, says police spokesperson Peter Adlersson.
The crime scene has been cordoned off and technicians will carry out an on-site investigation.
– It happened in a residential area out on the street, he says.
A preliminary investigation into aggravated rape has been launched. The police are knocking on doors in the area.
No one has been arrested or suspected of the crime.
World War II bomb explodes in England
This week an English construction worker found a 250 kg bomb in the town of Great Yarmouth. The bomb exploded on Friday afternoon.
No one was injured in connection with the detonation, The Guardian reports.
The bomb, which turned out to be from World War II, was found during work on a bridge. In an attempt to slowly burn off the bomb, it detonated unexpectedly.
Over 120 detained in the wave of violence
At the end of January, the Stockholm police launched a special event to break the spiral of violence in Stockholm that has consisted of detonations in stairwells, several shootings and murders.
The police estimate that between 120-150 people have been detained in the wave of violence, reports SvD.
64 of them are in custody.
In just one weekend, the police managed to arrest 24 people connected to the gang milieu and over 60 weapons and kilos of explosives have been seized.
– A change that is tangible is that we can say with certainty that we have stopped a large number of imminent violent crimes, where we feel sure that people had been injured or died, says Max Åkerwall, deputy commander, to the newspaper.
Laser message in Anne Frank museum investigated
Dutch police have opened a criminal investigation after a laser message was seen on a wall in the Anne Frank museum in Amsterdam, TT reports.
According to Cultural news in Sweden’s Radio it was on monday night that someone projected a text questioning that anne frank wrote the diary for which she is famous. The message was also filmed and published online.
The museum condemns the incident as an “anti-Semitic and racist action”.
No one arrested after Pussy shooting
The three people who were injured in the shooting in the center of Fittja on Friday evening are still being treated in hospital.
Two people are seriously injured, one is slightly injured.
The police have finished their work at the crime scene.
– Interrogations have been held with a number of witnesses. It was out in a public place, so there have been a lot of witnesses, says Anders Bryngelsson, press spokesperson at the police in Stockholm.
No one has been arrested.
Toronto mayor resigns after infidelity affair
Toronto Mayor John Tory resigns. Photo: Arlyn McAdorey/The Canadian Press via AP/TT
After admitting he had an inappropriate relationship with a former colleague, Toronto Mayor John Tory announced his resignation, the Toronto Star reports.
Tory’s announcement came on Friday, an hour after the deal was revealed in an investigation by the newspaper.
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Why do we send aid to Turkey when they hate us, isn’t it better to help those who are grateful and would have helped us if we were in need?
JORGEN JORGEN
Hi Jörgen! After all, most people have very little to do with politicians’ quarrels. It is only reasonable that we show humanity and try to help the many people affected by this terrible disaster.
There was a loose cow on the road outside Nässjö. Contrast to all the news from around the world.
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Hi Barbara! Thanks for the info! Sometimes we actually write about animals on roads if they are road hazards.
Expressen examines Botkyrka, what does AB do?
It feels serious what is happening and has happened there.
Man
Hey man! Then you have missed that we were the first with the news and that we then continued to report continuously on the development in a series of articles. I count about fifteen articles, if you don’t count debate articles. Here you can find them.
Regarding the terrorist threat against Sweden, you have written in an article that several countries are preparing a warning against traveling to Sweden, according to information.
Feels like a very scary development.
Can you provide more info on this please?
Giulia
Hi Giulia! I understand that it feels scary. At the moment, we do not have more information than what we have written about, but we will of course continue to follow up on our reporting. However, I think that it can be reassuring that Säpo is aware of threats directed at Sweden and that the police have initiated a special event to keep extra surveillance in relevant places.
Don’t you get mentally ill from such sad news you publish?
Marie
Nah. Of course it can feel heavy, but above all it is important to report on difficult things happening in the world.
Then we write about a lot of exciting and pleasant things too. The mix is the best!
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