Several moderate members of parliament want national police chief Anders Thornberg to resign, just like the Sweden Democrats, according to information from Echo.
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Muharrem Ince, one of Turkey’s four presidential candidates, withdraws from Sunday’s presidential election, reports Bloomberg.
The announcement comes a day after he was accused of having been in a sex film and accepting bribes to run for the presidency, the newspaper writes further.
On Wednesday, he canceled several performances due to health reasons.
Urban Ahlin. Photo: Jonas Ekströmer/TT
Urban Ahlin, the former Speaker of the Riksdag (2014-2018) and long-time member of the Riksdag (S), has been appointed by the government as Sweden’s new ambassador to the United States, the government announces in a press release.
Ahlin is today ambassador in Ottawa. He has previously also been chairman of the Riksdag’s foreign affairs committee.
Police officers at the scene. Photo: Johan Nilsson/TT
Two people have been taken to hospital after a suspected shooting in Helsingborg.
The suspected shooting took place indoors in a room.
– We are investigating the circumstances and we have cordoned off the area, says Filip Annas, press spokesperson for police region South.
No one has been arrested and a hunt for the suspected perpetrators is underway.
At 8.55, the Rescue Service in Greater Gothenburg received an alarm about a fire in explosive carpets on Tjörn. The fire is still ongoing and there is smoke coming from the scene. According to the police’s website, it is because a planned rock blast went wrong for an unknown reason.
Extinguishing work is ongoing and the Fire and Rescue Service has cordoned off the site. The public is asked to avoid the smoke.
– We are working on. We have cordoned off 300 meters around the site and evacuated some premises, says Christer Dyrfeldt., alarm and line operator at Rescue Services Greater Gothenburg.
According to the Rescue Service, it cannot be ruled out that there are explosives at the scene. But there is no danger to the public.
– No, not now that we have evacuated the place.
A preliminary investigation into public dangerous negligence has been initiated.
Action in German Ratingen. Photo: David Young
Several people, including police officers, have been injured in an explosion in Ratingen in Germany, the German police announced on Twitter.
According to the German newspaper Stern, there are about ten injured, with a majority also being firefighters.
The explosion occurred in an apartment in a multi-storey building.
At present, it is unclear what caused the explosion.
Photo: Twitter/Screenshot
Several cars are on fire after an explosion in the Porta Romana district in central Milan, it writes Sky News. a large black cloud is visible over the city
According to witnesses who Corriere della Sera spoke to, gas cylinders have exploded in a truck. One of the bottles caught fire, which led to a violent explosion when the fire spread to the other bottles. At least four people must be injured.
Italian police have cordoned off the area and are evacuating nearby buildings.
A tram has derailed outside Valand in Gothenburg, it says GP.
– It’s a training vehicle that derailed near Valand. It stops the traffic and we have to reroute all the lines that pass, says Kristian Lans, press communicator at Västtrafik.
At the moment, there is no forecast for when the carriage can continue.
– I spoke to them on site just a few minutes ago. There is no forecast yet. They wait for staff to lift the cart back.
Three different prosecutors have indicted a total of six people for crimes connected to the wave of violence in southern Stockholm in January.
The persons are charged with attempted murder, preparation for murder and aggravated weapons offences.
The crimes were committed on January 20, 21 and 22.
The prosecutors assess that it concerns young people who acted on behalf of the elderly.
The police have stopped a planned murder at a school in Kristianstad.
It was during Wednesday that the police became aware of the incident.
A boy under the age of 15 has been brought in for questioning and also served with criminal suspicion of attempted murder. He has now been handed over to social authorities.
The investigation is led by a Christoffer Ramqvist.
– The case was opened yesterday. We don’t have all the material yet and at the moment we don’t want to say more, he says.
SOS has been alerted that there is a smell of smoke in an apartment building in Vasastan in central Stockholm.
According to the alarm, there must have been a smell of smoke in the stairwell.
Police and emergency services have been called to the scene.
Update: The police announce that the smell of smoke arose in connection with cooking.
Seko has postponed the notice of strike until Monday.
They assess that there is still room for negotiation.
“The issues being negotiated are complex and all parties believe that more time could untie the knots,” writes Seko in a press release.
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A temporarily erected pedestrian bridge has collapsed in Espoo in Finland, reports Swedish EPN.
A group of school students were on the bridge when the accident occurred.
According to the rescue service, 27 people are injured, several of whom are children.
The cause of the accident is currently unknown and the rescue work is ongoing.
An injured person has been found in Köping. The police are on site with a large number of patrols.
– The person is the victim of a serious crime, but we do not know how the injuries occurred, says Magnus Jansson Klarin, press communicator for region Mitt.
The police have also called in a police helicopter, which is currently circling over Köping.
The police are currently being tight-lipped about the incident.
– We are working hard on this, and there are many question marks.
Linguist David Håkansson and writer Anna-Karin Palm are elected to the Swedish Academy.
Håkansson will replace the linguist Sture Allén in seat number 3, while Palm will replace the poet, writer and literary scholar Kjell Espmark in seat number 16.
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