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Man beaten after hockey match
A man has been taken to hospital in connection with an assault after a hockey match in Mora last night.
According to rumors on social media, the man must have been stabbed.
The police cannot comment on whether a weapon was used.
– The person first thought he had been kicked in the back, but then discovered that he was bleeding. We have been to the hospital and talked to him. I don’t know if he is still there now, Jan Matérne, duty officer in the Bergslagen police region told Mora newspaper just before one last night.
The man is said to have been taken to hospital by friends.
During the morning, the officer on duty tells Aftonbladet that there “was some trouble” in connection with the hockey match between Mora and Södertälje.
The police have drawn up a report of serious assault.
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A stab wound in Hallunda
Police and ambulance on site in Hallunda Photo: Aftonbladet
The police were alerted to a fight in Hallunda south of Stockholm around midnight.
– Two people are said to have quarreled and one person has been injured with a stabbing weapon. I have little information about the incident at the moment, says Carina Skagerlind at the Stockholm Police.
A man has been arrested in connection with the incident.
The police have opened a preliminary investigation into attempted murder.
A man has been shot in the leg in Jakobsberg
A man has been shot in the leg in Jakobsberg, in Järfälla north of Stockholm.
The man is first taken to hospital by ambulance helicopter.
The condition of the injury must not be life-threatening.
The crime scene is cordoned off and the police will knock on doors in the area.
The police are looking for one or more suspected perpetrators in the area.
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North Korea launched ballistic robot
North Korea has conducted another weapons test, Reuters reports.
According to the South Korean military, a ballistic robot was fired into the sea off the country’s east coast.
The robot must have flown 80 miles before hitting a target, according to the military.
At least 15 dead after earthquakes in Ecuador and Peru
Rescue services and residents search the crowds after the earthquake in the city of Machala in Ecuador Photo: Jorge Sanchez/TT
At least 15 people have died in a strong earthquake that hit southern Ecuador and northern Peru on Saturday, TT reports.
Emergency services have been working to pull out people who were trapped under the rubble. At least 126 people have been injured and at least 14 people have died in Ecuador, according to authorities.
Cities and villages in northern Peru have also been affected by the earthquake. A four-year-old girl is among the victims, says the country’s Prime Minister Alberto Otárola.
According to the United States Geological Survey USGS, the earthquake had a magnitude of 6.8. It was centered around 8 miles south of the city of Guayaquil, located in the Guayas region of Ecuador.
Civilians killed in Russian attack on Kramatorsk
Two people were killed and ten injured in Russian attacks on the city of Kramatorsk in eastern Ukraine on Saturday, reports TT and refers to Ukrainian authorities.
Journalists from the AFP news agency on the ground in the city heard about ten explosions almost simultaneously and saw smoke rising over a park in the afternoon. At the scene, they then witnessed a woman die from her injuries.
Soon after, another round of explosions was heard in a district two kilometers away. There, the journalists were met by a badly injured taxi driver.
According to regional governor Pavlo Kyrylenko, Russia used cluster bombs in the attacks.
“They deliberately hit the city and tried to kill as many of its civilians as possible,” Kyrylenko writes on social media, stating that a dozen residential buildings were damaged.
Russian state media: Putin visited Mariupol
Russian President Vladimir Putin has visited the Russian-occupied city of Mariupol.
This is stated by the Russian state news agency Ria Novosti, which refers to the Kremlin’s press service.
Putin visited the occupied Crimean peninsula yesterday and arrived in Mariupol by helicopter.
He drove around in a car and is said to have talked to the city’s residents and been informed about the city’s development.
90 percent of housing stock has been destroyed or damaged in the war.
The news agency has not published anyone from the visit to its article.
Vatican closes embassy
Vatican City is closing its embassy in Nicaragua as tensions between the countries rise, Vatican News reports.
After Pope Francis recently compared Nicaragua to Nazi Germany, and called authoritarian Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega “unbalanced,” the countries’ relations have been on the verge of collapse.
The Vatican diplomat in Nicaragua, Monsignor Marcel Diouf, traveled to Costa Rica on Friday.
That the embassy was closed “came as a result of a request from the Nicaraguan government,” according to Vatican News. (TT)
Poison release at Triumfglass
Triumfglass’ factory in Sävedalen in Partille was hit on Saturday evening by a large release of ammonia. Emergency services have cordoned off the site to try to prevent the toxic gas from spreading.
It is still unclear what caused the leak, which was called in at 11pm on Saturday evening.
– We are preparing to try to stop the release and are prepared for if it were to get out, but the assessment is that there is no danger to people on the outside and the building is empty so no one has been injured, says Lars Jostelius, alarm and command officer at the rescue service ..
Ammonia is a toxic and corrosive gas that is harmful to breathe and extremely toxic at higher concentrations. (TT)
At least twelve dead after earthquake
The earthquake in Ecuador had a magnitude of 6.8. Photo: Xavier Caivinagua/AP
A strong earthquake has hit southern Ecuador and northern Peru on Saturday.
At least twelve people have died, Ecuador’s president Guillermo Lasso announced in a televised speech.
Via Twitter, he urges the country’s population to remain calm.
The quake had a magnitude of 6.8, according to the US Geological Survey.
People are said to be stuck under rubble, and both homes and buildings have been damaged, writes TT.
Suspected attempted murder – boy to hospital
A boy under the age of 18 has been taken to hospital after a fight outside a HVB home for young people in Malmö.
– We receive it from callers from the scene who tell us that there has been a fight. When we arrive at the scene, we find a boy who is just under 18 years old and who has been injured by a sharp object on his upper body, says Patric Fors, spokesperson for the police in the South region.
The crime scene has been cordoned off and a technical examination will be carried out. Dog patrols also participate in the operation.
No one has been arrested.
The boy was awake and articulate and could be heard by the police.
– We are on site to be able to interrogate him further when the medical services are done with him, says Patric Fors.
A preliminary investigation into attempted murder or manslaughter has been opened.
Man arrested – had weapon in hotel
The police were called to Kungen Kurva south of Stockholm earlier this evening, after a man displayed a gun-like object at a hotel.
When the police arrived at the scene, the man, who is in his 40s, had left the hotel. The police launched a search operation.
But the man then came back, and could be arrested on suspicion of serious weapons offences.
No weapon has been found.
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Hello! What is happening with the nuclear power plant in Zaporizhzhya? Wouldn’t the fuel run out tomorrow? Nuclear accident in progress?
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Russia continues to bombard the area with intense robotic attacks.
The nuclear power plant recently suffered a serious power outage, following a Russian missile attack.
All the world’s expertise continues to warn.
“Each attack is like rolling a die. If we let this go on, our luck will run out one day,” IAEA chief Rafael Grossi said in a speech yesterday.
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It seems to be still tough down there. Many have lost their homes and the other day the area was also affected by floods.
They get a lot of help from the outside world, but rebuilding takes time.
WHO publishes progress reports every week, here is a link to them.
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