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A man in his 80s has been taken to hospital by ambulance helicopter after a traffic accident on national highway 40 at the Ulricehamn tunnel. The man is considered to be seriously injured, the police write on their website.

There are two vehicles registered as trucks that were involved in the accident.

According to SOS, it is a collision from behind, according to the police.

– The police are still on the scene and the vehicles will be seized for a technical examination, says Peter Adlersson, the police’s press officer.

It is burning in a large forest area near Norra Kvills National Park, outside Vimmerby.

The emergency services have been on site with 14 units. Two helicopters and two planes waterbomb the area.

– The most difficult thing for us has been the tough terrain, but we have called in the fire and it is under control, says Ola Stålgren, operations leader at the rescue service.

A man in his 20s has fallen from a student van in central Falun.

The man has been taken to hospital with a suspected head injury.

– An investigation is currently underway. Among other things, we are investigating whether the rules around the cortege have been followed, says Mats Öhman, the police’s press officer at the Bergslagen region.

At 3:23 p.m., the police were alerted to a fire in an apartment at the top of a building in central Landvetter, according to the police’s website.

The fire is fully developed and the property is being evacuated.

– The evacuation is ongoing in this area now and we are on site with several patrols to help with the work, says police spokesperson Peter Adlersson.

There is currently no information on casualties.

There is a fire at the Hagby tip in Täby, north of Stockholm.

The emergency services are on site with several resources.

– There are quite high flames and large black columns of smoke, says Lena Hoffman at the rescue service.

Currently, there is no risk of spreading outside the recycling centre.

There is a stop in Västtågen’s train service between Gothenburg and Trollhättan.

– A copper theft at Varpemossen is the reason why the trains are not running, says Isabell Rosendahl, press communicator at Västtrafik.

The routes Gothenburg-Vänersborg, Gothenburg-Strömstad and Gothenburg-Kalrstad are canceled and replacement buses will be deployed.

It will take several hours before the trains can return to normal traffic.

– Our forecast is that the trains will start running again at seven o’clock, says Isabell Rosendahl, press communicator at Västtrafik.

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Another person has been detained after the murder at a sushi restaurant in Skogås south of Stockholm at the end of January.

He is suspected of aiding and abetting murder.

It appears in documents from the district court. The decision came on Friday.

“NN is on probable grounds suspected of aiding and abetting murder between January 23, 2023 and January 28, 2023 at various locations in the Stockholm area, including in Skogås,” the district court’s decision states.

Since before, several people have been detained in the case.

There is a fire in a 100 square meter forest area at Lilla Jogershyttan, outside Nyköping.

According to the emergency services, the fire has been called in and there is no longer a risk of it spreading to buildings.

– It should be calm, but we know what the wind can do, says duty officer at the rescue service, Anders Hägglund.

Photo: Thomas Johansson.

An apartment in central Borås is on fire. It must be an extensive fire in the roof structure.

Police and emergency services are on site.

The property and shops at Stora Torget must be vacated.

– The property has been evacuated and extinguishing work is currently underway by smoke divers, says the management operator of the rescue service.

No people are reported to be injured, according to the rescue service.

An important notice has been issued to the public in Borås municipality. Everyone in the area is asked to go indoors and close doors and windows.

The text is updated here.

It is still unclear how the Kakhovka dam was destroyed, but now Ukraine says it has new evidence that Russia allegedly blew up the dam in southern Ukraine, according to the BBC.

Ukraine’s security service SBU says it intercepted a phone call that proves a Russian sabotage group blew up the dam.

In the audio clip that the SBU released on Telegram and Twitter two men are heard discussing in Russian.

“Ukraine didn’t attack it, it was our sabotage group,” says one of the men who, according to the SBU, is a Russian soldier in the clip.

The evidence is backed up by measurements by Norwegian seismologists from Norsar, who measured seismological signals in Romania, which indicate that an explosion must have taken place during Tuesday afternoon.

Russia denies that they destroyed the dam.

A woman in her 40s has died after a traffic accident between a truck and a car on the E65 outside Skurup.

– It is a serious accident, says police spokesperson Evelina Olsson.

The accident happened just before 11.30 and the road has been closed since then.

The Swedish Transport Agency’s forecast is that the road will open at 2 p.m.

Relatives have been notified.

A 23-year-old Swedish man has been sentenced for the murder of a 27-year-old gang criminal by the district court in Copenhagen, writes TT.

It is still unclear what penalty the man will receive.

The murder occurred on December 2, 2021 in Copenhagen and has been compared to an execution, writes the Ritzau news agency.

A child who lived in a short-term accommodation in Jämtland had for several years slept in a bed that had gates that went from floor to ceiling, reports the Siren news agency.

A report has now been made to the Inspectorate for Care and Care, Ivo, about a serious misconduct after the aid unit in the municipality in question made a study visit to the accommodation.

In Ivo’s report, it appears that the staff also put the child’s pajamas on the back and front and put a bathing suit over it to prevent the child from taking off his pajamas underneath.

The report states that the child’s parents wanted the built-in bed to be used. On the other hand, the choice of bed was considered to constitute an impermissible coercive and restrictive measure.

The consequences are that the child has been exposed to violations of his life and safety,” the report states.

The Foreign Affairs Committee urges the government to work for the EU to classify the Wagner group as a terrorist, according to a press release from the Riksdag.

The committee believes that the Wagner group should be listed as a terrorist group with reference to the fact that the actions they have carried out in Syria, Ukraine and several African countries can be classified as terrorist actions.

In about a week, the issue will be debated in the Riksdag.