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Loud bangs after fire in building
The emergency services were called on Friday morning to a workplace in Kristianstad due to a fire.
– When we arrived at the site, the building was completely burnt down and cold. Now we are on site to ensure that it does not start to burn again, says Mattias Östling, officer on duty at the rescue service.
Östling states that the police were alerted to several explosions at the site already during the night. But according to the officer on duty, the emergency services were only called in the morning.
– Around 03:00, the police were alerted to loud bangs from the building. It must have been gas cylinders that exploded due to the fire. I don’t know why we were called so late, he says.
It is unclear what caused the fire. The police will now investigate whether a crime was committed in connection with the incident.
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Man found injured outside
The police were alerted that a man was found injured outside at 05.10 on the night of Friday in Skara municipality.
The man is 35 years old and had to be taken to hospital with unclear injuries.
The police have cordoned off the scene and started a preliminary investigation into attempted murder.
At least 35 dead during festival celebrations
At least 35 people died after a structure over a well at a temple in the city of Indore in India collapsed, TT reports.
According to witnesses, a large number of people had gathered at the temple to perform a fire ritual to celebrate the Hindu god Rama on Thursday. The structure above the well was then unable to handle the weight of the large crowd and collapsed.
Only on Friday could the well be emptied of water with the help of soldiers and rescue workers. Then 18 people could be rescued and taken to hospital, the news agency states.
Several arrested after deadly fire at migrant detention center
Five people have been arrested after a fire broke out in a detention center in Mexico on Monday, prosecutor Sara Irene Herrerias told TT.
At least 39 detained migrants have died and around 30 are being treated in hospital with serious injuries.
The fire is believed to have started after some migrants set fire to mattresses in protest against their detention.
According to the news agency, there is video from surveillance cameras showing how guards left the warehouse when the mattresses caught fire, with no apparent attempt to let the migrants out.
The prosecutor now states that six arrest warrants have been issued, of which three against government employees and two against security guards. And that an arrest warrant has been issued against a migrant who is suspected of having started the fire.
A man is convicted of raping two children
A man in his 20s in Vänersborg is sentenced to 1.5 years in prison for four cases of rape against children, reports TTELA.
The crimes have occurred against two girls under the age of 15 in both 2020 and 2021. The court states that the man committed the acts with intent and that he was aware of the girls’ young age.
The man must also pay SEK 345,000 in damages to the victims.
Task: Trades weapons for food
The White House says it has new evidence that Russia is turning to North Korea for weapons — this time in a deal that will provide Pyongyang with much-needed food and other goods in return.
According to John Kirby, spokesman for the US National Security Council, according to the agreement, Russia would receive around twenty types of weapons and ammunition from Pyongyang.
– As we have understood it, Russia is trying to send a delegation to North Korea and Russia is offering North Korea food in exchange for ammunition, he says.
The US government has previously declassified intelligence material to release evidence that the Wagner Group, a private mercenary company fighting on Russia’s side in the war, has received weapons from North Korea. (TT)
Gwyneth Paltrow Wins – Not Guilty of Skiing Accident
Now it is clear. Gwyneth Paltrow wins lawsuit over skiing accident in Utah in 2016, writes CNN.
The Hollywood star was sued for three million by Terry Sanderson, a 76-year-old man who claimed to have been hit by her on the ski slope. Now the actor is proven innocent.
Gwyneth Paltrow, in turn, sued the man for the symbolic sum of one dollar, plus legal fees, which she now wins.
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Person stabbed – three arrested
The police have an operation in Bengtsfors in Dalsland where they are investigating a suspected attempted murder.
The alarm came in at 9.45pm on Thursday evening.
An injured person has been taken to hospital. According to information to Aftonbladet, the person has been stabbed.
The police do not want to go into whether any kind of weapon was used and where the attempted murder took place.
– There are three arrested and we have set up roadblocks, says the police officer on duty.
Investigative measures are now underway at the scene.
Details: Donald Trump to be impeached
Trump and Stormy Daniels pose together in 2008. Photo: Image from Daniels’ Myspace
The grand jury in New York has now voted on whether to indict former President Donald Trump.
The result was that they should prosecute and take him to court.
This is stated by four different sources for the New York Times.
The announcement has not yet been made public.
The background is the money that the former president is said to have paid out to porn star Stormy Daniels.
The payment is considered, according to the indictment, as a violation of the regulations on campaign funds before the 2016 presidential election.
Trump denies that he paid the porn star for her silence.
He also denies having had an affair or relationship with her, and has called the investigation against him a “witch hunt”.
The text is updated here.
Turkey says yes to Finland in NATO
Turkey’s parliament has approved Finland’s NATO application, reports Finnish EPN.
With that, all 30 NATO countries have given the green light, and only formalities remain before Finland can become a member of the defense alliance.
Sweden has still not received approval from either Hungary or Turkey. No date has been set for when a decision can be made either.
Double bangs in Malmö
Several calls came in to the police this evening regarding a loud bang around Hårds väg at Rosengård in Malmö.
A police patrol that was quickly on the scene was able to ascertain that something had detonated.
Window panes at the address had been shattered by the blast, according to the police.
The National Bomb Squad has been sent to the scene, which is cordoned off.
No one is said to have been injured.
About an hour after the first alarm, another alarm came about a loud bang in Malmö, this time at Södertorp.
A staircase is filled with smoke and the police cordon off the place. No injured person has been found.
1,200 may have died in cyclone
Cyclone Freddy caused massive flooding in southern Malawi earlier in March.
Houses, roads and bridges were swept away in the record-breaking downpours.
More than 670 people have been confirmed dead. Hundreds are still missing and hope of finding survivors is dwindling.
The total figure is believed to exceed 1,200 dead, state the authorities in the country according to TT.
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Congratulations Finland!
Does Finland also need to give its approval now before Sweden can become a member of NATO…?
Norrbottning
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It is Hungary and Turkey that need to approve Sweden’s membership!
Does a can of roe cost 1,400? Just wondering about the thefts at Ica…
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Yes, according to what ICA trader Ulf Svensson states DN it does that.
It must be quite a large jar… one must assume.
According to “my” coop, there is a shortage of minced meat in Sweden and the world now. Is it true? There was no minced meat at all in the store today and no forecast when it will arrive. I don’t have any other stores nearby to check, so I’m asking you at AB if that’s correct? Can’t find anything when I google.
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Can a pedestrian and a car “collide”?
In my world, the pedestrian gets hit by a car!
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At the moment, we do not know exactly how the accident happened, so we are sticking to reporting what the police said.
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