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Cyclists hit – two dead
Two people are dead and another eleven have been injured in connection with a driver of a light truck driving into a group of cyclists in a suburb of Phoenix in Arizona, USA.
According to police, the driver remained after the crash and cooperated with police. It is unclear what was behind the crash.
One of the dead is a woman who died on the spot, while another cyclist died of his injuries in hospital. Several of the others are said to have serious injuries. (TT)
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The police chased the A-tractor at 180 km/h
The driver of the A-tractor did not want to stop and gassed the police. The subsequent car chase in the areas around Söderhamn lasted 30 minutes.
– It has gone up to 180 kilometers per hour, says Viktor Åkring Dicksved at the police’s regional command centre.
The car chase began at 23:24 on Saturday evening and only ended at 23:56 when the A-tractor was stopped with a nail mat east of Kilafors.
About ten patrols, including a helicopter, took part in the pursuit, which began on E4 and continued on national road 83 towards Bollnäs.
There were seven young people under the age of 18 in the A-tractor. The driver, a 15-year-old boy, is now suspected of illegal driving, drugged driving and negligence in traffic.
China blocked G20 – refused to condemn Russia
When the finance ministers of the G20 countries met in India on Saturday, no agreement was reached on a statement regarding the war in Ukraine. Russia and China refused to sign the final document.
The BBC reports that China opposed formulations in which Russia’s aggression was condemned “in the strongest possible terms”.
The disagreement manifested itself just days after China presented a peace proposal that was quickly condemned by both NATO and US President Joe Biden.
Boy robbed – threatened by masked person
A minor boy was robbed by a masked perpetrator on Saturday evening in Lund.
The robber threatened the boy with a knife-like object and took his phone.
The boy is physically unharmed, the police write on their website.
Ambulance flight crashes – five dead
An ambulance flight crashed in Nevada in the USA early Saturday morning, Swedish time.
The plane was to transport a patient and a total of five people were on board. All died in the accident, reports Daily Mirror.
The cause of the crash is unknown and will be investigated.
Big hooligan brawl after martial arts gala
A wild fight broke out on Södermalm in Stockholm on Saturday evening.
About 20 people collided.
– There was a martial arts gala and there were hooligans who smoked together, says police spokesperson Ola Österling.
No one is said to have been seriously injured.
– We have had an operation at the scene with police officers with ear tags. We have a number of assault cases, but no information that anyone was injured, says Ola Österling.
Three people have been checked at the scene. There is no information that anyone has been arrested.
Person found at the bottom of the pool
A person was found at the bottom of a pool in a swimming hall in Stockholm during Saturday evening.
According to the police, it was an accident or a case of illness, and the person received CPR on the spot.
The person was taken to hospital by ambulance. The extent of the damage is unclear.
Large protests in Germany against arms support
Saturday’s demonstration in Berlin. Photo: Markus Schreiber/AP
On Saturday, around 10,000 people gathered in the German capital Berlin for demonstrations, the second day in a row.
They demonstrated for immediate peace talks between Russia and Ukraine and against Germany’s arms support to Ukraine, reports say Echo.
Left-wing politician Sarah Wagenknecht, one of those who organized the protests, believes that Germany’s arms support is escalating the war, writes Reuters.
The protests have received criticism from the government, including from German Finance Minister Christian Lindner.
“Those who do not stand with Ukraine are on the wrong side of history,” tweeted Lindner.
Stockholm gets European patent court
The EU gets a common patent system after Germany, as the last member state, ratified the agreement. The next step is to set up a system of European patent courts, one of which ends up in Stockholm. The placement will be in the Stockholm district court and the court will be responsible for the Nordic and Baltic countries. This is what the Swedish presidency writes in a press release.
Kitchen hood on E20 –11 involved
An accident has occurred on the E20 south of Vara.
Four passenger cars must be involved.
– There are five units from the rescue service and then we have four ambulances and an ambulance helicopter on site, says SOS Alarm’s management operator.
According to the emergency services, eleven people are involved in the collision.
At least one person has been taken to hospital, according to SOS Alarm.
E20 is switched off during the rescue work.
– There are lots of units on site, says SOS Alarm’s line operator.
19 runners injured after explosions during race
19 runners have been taken to hospital after several small explosions at a running competition in Cameroon on Saturday, writes Reuters.
A total of 529 runners participated in the “Mount Cameroon Race of Hope”, where you run up the country’s highest mountain.
A separatist militia from the breakaway republic of Ambazonia has claimed responsibility for the blasts.
– Our main target was Cameroon’s elite forces protecting the runners, a spokesperson for the group told Reuters.
The condition of the injured is stated to be stable.
The Wagner manager: We have taken over the village
Wagner founder Yevgeny Prigozhin claims his private army has taken over the village of Yahidne north of Bakhmut, Reuters reports.
The news agency has not been able to confirm the statement from Prigozhin.
More than 70,000 people lived in the area before the war began. Now there are only around 12,000 left.
In recent months, fighting has intensified, with residents forced to take shelter underground in freezing conditions.
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Hello! In Sweden, we spell his surname as Lukashenko, but it should be pronounced with an “a” at the end.
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Hello, enter the Gym murder and they are released. Is the 17 year old who shot released too?
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Hello! All suspects have been released pending sentencing on March 10.
The suspected shooter has been placed in SIS home.
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Why did you remove the post about the police going up with a large number of drones over Sthlm to monitor serious crime/gang criminals? Was the news not true? In that case, it was a great pity.
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