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Masked robbers threatened a person at home with a gun
A person has been robbed at gunpoint in his home in Lövgärdet in Gothenburg.
Two masked people threatened the person with a gun to the head and forced a large amount of cash and gold jewelry.
The police have searched for the robbers with drones and several dog patrols.
The location has been cordoned off and evidence that may be of importance to the investigation has been secured.
The robbery took place on Saturday night.
The robbers have not yet been arrested.
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One arrested after assault at youth party
Shortly after midnight, the police were called to a youth party in Halmstad due to an ongoing assault.
Two people allegedly hit several guests in the head with gun-like objects and displayed a knife.
The people must have then fled the scene. One could be arrested shortly afterwards, while the other was chased by dog patrol for several hours without being found, the police write on their website.
The police are now investigating serious illegal threats, assault and weapons offences.
Four dead after explosion at market
At least four people have died and ten have been injured after an explosion in the city of Barkhan in Pakistan, several local media reports.
According to Dawn newspaper, something exploded near a motorcycle at a market place on Sunday.
The police have cordoned off the scene and the injured have been taken to hospital.
Säpo: Russia tries to place insiders
According to the Security Police, Russia is trying to place insiders in Swedish operations, reports Sweden’s Radio Echo.
Right now, the construction of the Swedish total defense is underway, and according to Säpo, it is an area that is interesting for Russia when it comes to espionage against Sweden.
Daniel Stenling, head of counterintelligence at Säpo, Russia can also use cyber attacks.
– You want to map it so you know what capabilities Sweden will have both in terms of the military parts but also the civilian parts of the total defense, he says to the radio.
Woman suspected of ricin poisoning
The woman who is suspected of having been poisoned by ricin in Norway is now a criminal suspect in the case, writes VG referring to the Norwegian police.
The police were alerted to the poisoning case on Saturday morning. The woman, who was in her apartment, was then taken to hospital.
“Ricin is a substance that is highly potent and toxic when manufactured properly,” the Western Police District wrote in a press release Saturday morning.
The police bomb squad was called to the scene on Saturday to neutralize the substance. According to Firda Newspaper remains of castor beans, which are used to extract ricin, have been found.
No one other than the woman is a suspect.
– The findings will be analyzed at the Norwegian Defense Research Institute, says task leader Joachim Malterud.
Record low confidence in new C leader
Muharrem Demirok, new C leader. Photo: KRISTER HANSON
As few as three percent of Swedes have confidence in the Center Party’s new party leader Muharrem Demirok, according to a survey by opinion polling institute Novus.
It is the lowest confidence figure for a party leader that Novus has so far measured since the surveys started ten years ago, reports Swedens radio.
Magdalena Andersson (S) has the highest level of trust with 53 percent, followed by Ulf Kristersson (M) at 32 percent and Jimmie Åkesson (SD) at 26 percent. (TT)
Young people in car accident – two to hospital
A car drove shortly after midnight into the ditch on national road 604 at the height of Trädal in Kungälv municipality.
There were several young people in the car, two of whom were taken to hospital with unclear but not life-threatening injuries, the police say for GP.
The driver is suspected of drunk driving.
Zelensky: “They will kill Putin”
In a television documentary ahead of the anniversary of the war, Ukrainian President Zelenskyy says he believes Putin will one day be killed by people in his own inner circle.
– There will surely come a time when the fragility of Putin’s regime is felt in Russia. Then the predator will eat the predator. They will find a reason to kill the killer. When? I don’t know that, says Zelensky in the documentary according to Newsweek.
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)
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.
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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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A suspected dangerous object had been found and the mall was evacuated. The national bomb disposal unit was called to the scene and it was later determined that the object was harmless.
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Why haven’t you written anything about the Russian ship that docked in Nynäshamn with Russian gas today??
It is a bigger scandal when all EU countries including Sweden have to follow the sanctions!!!!
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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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