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Masked robber threatened car
A masked and knife-armed person has threatened a car in Upplands Väsby early on Friday morning.
The robbery occurred at 07:00 and the robber is said to have then driven from the scene in the direction of Rotebro.
The owner of the car was not physically injured in connection with the robbery. The police have searched for the perpetrator with dog patrol and helicopter, but the robber has not yet been found.
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The restart of Ringhals 4 is postponed again
The restart of Ringhals reactor 4 is postponed until March 19. This is announced by the electricity exchange Nordpool, according to Reuters.
The restart was actually planned for February 23.
Ringhals 4 was shut down in September 2022 after damage to a pressure vessel, and is now being repaired.
Criticized HVB home is closed down
Mölnbacka ungdomshem in Deje is forced to close after the Health and Care Inspectorate, Ivo, revoked Mölnbacka ungdomshem AB’s license to conduct HVB activities, reports SVT Värmland.
Ivo assesses that there were abuses at the accommodation which posed a danger to the young people’s lives, health and safety. Among other things, threats, violence, drug use, self-harming behaviour, violations and repeated escapes are said to have occurred. In several cases, serious events have not been documented.
In addition, the company has waived its statutory obligation to carry out a register check of personnel who work with children.
By February 1 at the latest, all young people who now live at the home must be discharged.
Investigation after suspected murder: “Sensitive stage”
The police still suspect that the man who was found dead in his car in Lainio, in the municipality of Kiruna, has been murdered.
So far, no one has been arrested, but the investigation is ongoing.
– The investigation is in an intensive and sensitive stage and it continues with undiminished force, including through internal reconnaissance and interrogation, says Per-Anders Heikkilä at serious crimes in Norrbotten.
The man was found dead on Tuesday afternoon.
Tried to clean the same apartment – 21 times
Due to an extreme infestation of bedbugs, the same apartment has attempted to be cleaned 21 times, in four years, reports Home & Rent.
Even so, the bed bugs have not disappeared.
The first time the vermin was discovered in the apartment, which is located in Malmö, was the summer of 2018. Since then, Anticemex has made 21 attempts to clean the apartment, but to no avail.
Now the situation is so serious that the landlord can no longer enter the apartment, according to the newspaper, and because of that, the 63-year-old tenant has now been terminated from his contract.
The reason must be that the woman did not cooperate between or during the clean-ups, and sometimes did not let Anticimex in.
– We don’t want bedbugs in our apartments and see no other way to go, says Jens Ringö, property manager at Rosengård properties.
One dead and several injured after attack on embassy
A security chief has died in an armed attack on Azerbaijan’s embassy in Iran’s capital Tehran, Al Jazeera reports.
“The attacker broke through the guard post and killed the security chief with a Kalashnikov rifle,” the country’s foreign ministry said, according to the newspaper.
Several people are said to have been injured in the attack.
The police say to the newspaper that they have arrested a suspect and that they are now trying to investigate the motive behind the attack.
District court evacuated after bomb threat
The district court in Luleå is evacuated after a bomb threat, reports SVT Norrbotten. –
– It is the district court that is threatened and at the moment today’s trials are cancelled, says SVT Norrbotten’s reporter who is at the scene.
Several police patrols are on site.
Update 09.17: The police announce that they searched the building and that no dangerous object was found.
Government wants to introduce central correction of national tests
The government wants to make the grading of national tests more equal – and counteract grade inflation and reduce teachers’ workload.
The Swedish National Agency for Education has therefore been tasked with preparing the introduction of central correction of the essay parts in digital national tests in Swedish, Swedish as a second language and English.
– Today there are big differences in how teachers assess the national tests, it shouldn’t be like that. Through central correction, the government wants grading to be more equal throughout the country, says Education Minister Lotta Edholm (L).
Seven people have been arrested after an operation in Sundsvall
Seven people have been arrested after an operation in Sundsvall, the Public Prosecutor’s Office announces.
Several of the people are suspected of, among other things, preparation for murder, serious weapons offences, serious drug offences, and preparation for public dangerous devastation, as well as breach of the Act on Flammable and Explosive Goods, a serious crime.
– Me and the police in Sundsvall are relieved and very satisfied, through this successful operation we have been able to prevent several serious violent crimes from occurring. Among other things, a murder and a number of explosions, says Deputy Chief Prosecutor Karin Everitt.
The persons will be questioned during the day.
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Shooting at residence
During the night, the police were alerted to loud explosions in the Öster city area in Jönköping.
At the scene, the police found damage to a property which indicates that a shooting must have taken place.
– It is a residential building that may have been shot at, says Monica Bergström, press spokesperson at the police.
There is no information that anyone has been injured.
– There is no information that the shooting can be connected to previous acts of violence. We have staff on site who are trying to form an idea of what happened.
The incident is being investigated as attempted murder and aggravated weapons offences.
Person hit – taken to hospital
The police have been alerted to an accident on Ekerö outside Stockholm, where a car driver has run over a pedestrian.
The pedestrian has been taken to hospital by ambulance, but there is no further information on the extent of the injuries at this time.
The car must be recovered from the scene. The police are on the scene to investigate the accident.
Hong Kong bans CBD
The city of Hong Kong in China will ban the cannabinoid CBD starting Wednesday, AP reports.
According to the Customs Authority, CBD will be classified as a “dangerous drug”. A term that has stirred strong feelings among CBD advocates in the city. This is because they believe that the cannabinoid can relieve a number of ailments, including anxiety, and that you don’t get high when using it.
The decision to criminalize the production, use and sale of CBD was already taken in 2022. And for several months, the population has been able to dispose of their CBD products in special boxes set up around the city.
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Hi, I wonder if it is still possible to see the green comet from Gothenburg
K å Johansson
Hey! The best chance to see the green comet seems to have been on January 21 and 22. But even now, during the last week of January, it seems you can catch a glimpse of it, if the sky is cloudless and you have good binoculars!
Why is it not a crime to buy drugs in Sweden, only to sell them?
Thuja
Hey! It is a crime to buy, use and sell narcotics in Sweden.
The Kristersson government must be the most pathetic and pitiful ever! Why don’t they dare to face the consequences of their policies? They keep secret who gets electricity subsidies and how much, for 20 years!!! Why!?
Lars
Hey! The government states that it is about wanting to protect “individuals’ personal circumstances”. They have also referred to the security policy situation.
Freedom of speech, ok, but when does it cross the line. Hang a lifelike doll, burn book revered by millions.
Is there no legal scope to prosecute them for blasphemy, personal persecution, etc.?
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The blasphemy law was abolished in 1949.
The Freedom of Religion Act was abolished in 1970 because freedom of expression weighs more heavily.
Unlawful persecution means committing several criminal violations against one and the same person.
The burning of the Koran has been investigated for incitement against a ethnic group, but in Sweden you can express strong disrespect for a religion. It is not the same as expressing it to the believers.
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