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Record expensive trial begins – Swedish terror accused
today at 07.16 Johanna Sundbeck
32 people died and over 300 were injured in the terrorist attack in Brussels in March 2016 in connection with three IS terrorists detonating bombs at, among other things, the airport. Today begins the trial where the Swedish citizen Osama Krayem and nine others are charged for the explosions.
SvD writes that the trial is expected to be record expensive and record long.
Osama Krayem was also sentenced to 30 years in prison for participation in the Paris attacker in 2015 this summer.
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Ekot: The government wants to make it a criminal offense to involve young people in crime
The government wants to make it a criminal offense to involve young people in crime, according to Ekot. This should be part of the work to break new recruitment into criminal gangs.
In the government’s proposal, they also want to be able to sentence gang criminals to a higher sentence than the maximum sentence and they want to be able to deprive more people of their liberty pending trial.
If the law goes through, it will come into force in the summer, on July 1 next year, Ekot reports.
SBC: 20 percent fee increase awaits brfs
As a result of the changed interest rate situation, inflation and increased operating costs, a large number of condominium associations will have to raise their fees, reports DN.
According to SBC, which has 4,600 of the country’s approximately 28,000 housing associations, the average increase for SCB’s customers will be 20 percent.
For an apartment with a monthly fee of SEK 3,500, this means an increase of SEK 700 per month.
The most affected are newly formed associations which are often highly indebted and associations with too low a fee level and which lack liquid funds to manage their finances.
WHO: Three viruses could hit Europe hard this winter
Influenza, RS virus and covid-19 are three viruses that together can have a high impact on healthcare and Europe’s population this winter, the WHO warns in a statement, according to TT.
This year’s flu season has started early in Europe. Even the RS virus, which mainly affects the very youngest children the hardest, has also started earlier than usual and where several countries are already testifying to a strained situation.
At the same time, covid-19 continues to flourish and create uncertainty about how the virus may develop this year.
According to the Public Health Authority, as a result of the high spread of several viruses at the same time, there can be a strained situation in healthcare.
At least three dead in landslides in Colombia
At least three people have died in a landslide in northwestern Colombia, reports include The Daily Star.
It was during Sunday that the landslide occurred. About 20 people who were traveling in a bus and on a motorcycle are still missing after the road was submerged in mud.
“It is a tragedy,” wrote the country’s president Gustavo Petro on Twitter.
The current rainy season, which began in August, is Colombia’s worst in 40 years, writes TT.
Two to hospital after accident
Two people were taken to hospital by ambulance after a single vehicle accident on road 70 between Hedemora and Avesta just before midnight.
The road was closed during the rescue work and was opened to traffic after just over an hour.
The extent of the injury is unknown.
Two arrested after kidnapping
Two men were arrested on Sunday evening in Trollhättan after a suspected kidnapping drama.
The police received an alarm from a witness at 8:49 p.m.
– A man was beaten and dragged into a car. We alerted the registration number and ten minutes later a patrol spotted the car in Kronogården, says Magnus Schildt, police officer on duty.
Three men jumped out. One of them was the suspected crime victim and is 25 years old. The other two, both in their 40s, were arrested and are now suspected of kidnapping.
At least one other perpetrator is at large.
– The car drove on. We found it empty in Lextorp. It has been confiscated, says Magnus Schildt.
The kidnapped man did not require hospital treatment.
Man stabbed at residence
A man has been stabbed in a residence in Stockholm.
He has been taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries, the police write on their website.
A man in his 30s has been arrested in connection with the crime scene.
– Both men live at the property and this has taken place indoors. We are in the process of finding out what has happened and have arrested the suspect, says Mats Eriksson, press spokesperson for the Stockholm region.
Police chased car in ongoing kidnapping
The police in Trollhättan have arrested two men suspected of kidnapping.
Just before 9 p.m., the police received a call from members of the public who saw a man being beaten and dragged into a car. Several patrols were alerted and saw the car about ten minutes later.
– In connection with that, three people jump out, in Kronogården. The beaten man and two suspects. The car they were traveling in drives off and leaves, says Magnus Schildt, officer on duty at the police region West.
The car was found later in the evening in Lextorp.
– It was parked and empty. We have confiscated it and now we are compiling interrogations and other information, he says.
The man, who is aged 25, is said to have been slightly injured. The arrested men are both in their 40s and are suspected of kidnapping.
Fire in apartment – one to hospital
At 9 p.m., the emergency services were alerted to a fire in an apartment building in Halmstad.
One person has been taken to hospital in an ambulance, the condition of the injury is unclear.
At 11 p.m., the emergency services stated that the fire was out.
– It is a total loss. It has won on the second floor and then an element has broken so that water has flowed to the first floor, says Peter Karlborg, the interior commander of the rescue service.
Busch: We did not betray the election promise
Energy Minister Ebba Busch (KD) dismisses the criticism and does not think that the government has broken its election promise about high-cost protection for the high electricity prices.
– We follow through on the election promise not to leave the Swedish people in the lurch, but yes, this is a different model, she says in SVT’s Agenda.
She believes that the model was in place before November 1.
– Svenska kraftnät presented a better model. Everyone worked hard to deliver this before November 1st. We had a model in place before November 1st. But it was a different model and I have no problem defending it because it is better than what we proposed before the election, she says.
Man with gunshot wound in Södertälje
A man has been found with a gunshot wound in Södertälje.
Medical personnel are on site and are working with life-saving measures.
According to the police, several shots were fired.
No one has yet been arrested, but the police say they have received information on suspected perpetrators.
– We have received various information on one or more possible perpetrators. There are several who say the same thing, says police spokesperson Mats Eriksson.
– We stop a lot of people and interrogate them. They may be people who are known to the local police and have something to tell.
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You cannot include everything in your text. In the documentary, it appears to be carbonated water in the glass. It could also be Sprite. But now I fall into speculation.
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What happened to Tove who was murdered? No newspaper writes more about the murder that I can find.
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Hi, is Turkey in the EU and if so how can they go against the rest of the EU when it comes to imports and price caps on Russian oil
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How far along is the investigation into the election fraud in Gothenburg? When will we know more?
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