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Somalia has captured an important port city
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Somali government forces have recaptured an important port city from the terrorist movement al-Shabaab, TT reports.
The city of Haradhere, on Somalia’s east coast, has been under al-Shabaab’s control for more than a decade.
It was described as “a historic victory” by Somalia’s Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre.
According to Al Jazeera the terrorist movement has responded to the military’s advances with, among other things, attacks in the capital Mogadishu.
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Trump’s mockery of Biden after the latest discoveries
Donald Trump. Photo: Evan Vucci
Former US President Donald Trump is now mocking Joe Biden, after several classified documents were found at home in the current president’s garage.
“This is one of apparently many places where classified documents are kept (in a large pile on the damp floor),” he writes on his platform Truth social, reports New York Post.
The move comes as Trump himself is being investigated after top-secret documents were found at his Mar-a-lago home in September.
Suspected attempted murder in Borås
A man in his 20s was found seriously injured in a stairwell in Borås. According to the police, there was a lot of blood at the scene.
– It’s a knife wound. A person who has been stabbed in the leg, says Hans-Jörgen Ostler, press spokesperson at police region West.
The man was awake and talkative. He also had stab wounds to his arm and was taken to hospital. A police operation is currently underway in the area.
– We are collecting witness information at the moment. There will certainly be cordons at the site.
According to information to Aftonbladet, the man was already known to the police.
The police are investigating the case as attempted murder, alternatively murder.
A man came to hospital with a knife in his leg
A man in his 30s took himself to the hospital in Borås with a knife in his thigh on Monday evening, according to information given to the police.
– It is likely that he was stabbed. It was callers who said he had a knife in his leg, says Hans-Jörgen Ostler, press spokesperson for police region West.
When the police arrived at the scene at 7 p.m., no knife could be found. However, the man had stab wounds to his leg.
The man is known to the police from before and it is suspected that the man was subjected to a serious assault.
There are no suspects at this time.
Menacing man shot by police in Borås
Police have shot a man in the leg in Borås, the police write on their website.
The man, who is in his 30s, behaved threateningly towards paramedics and pulled out a knife, forcing the staff to retreat.
When the police arrived at the scene, the knife threats continued and a policeman then shot the man in the leg.
The man is arrested on suspicion of attempted murder of the policemen and attempted serious assault on the ambulance staff.
Alarm about shooting in Solna
According to information to Aftonbladet, one person has been shot in Solna and several masked perpetrators are being hunted.
Residents that Aftonbladet spoke to describe it as two quick bangs. Shortly afterwards, a large police operation was underway.
Right now a police helicopter is searching the area.
One person has been taken to hospital with serious injuries.
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Mallorca wants to ban foreign home buyers
The Balearic archipelago wants to ban people who do not live there permanently from buying homes and properties on the islands.
The region’s vice president, Juan Pedro Yllanes, has asked the Spanish government to put pressure on the EU on the issue, as it contravenes the Union’s rules on free movement, reports The Guardian.
The reason is that foreign buyers push up the prices in Majorca, Ibiza and Menorca, among others, to levels that the locals cannot afford.
Person hit by van
A man in his 70s has been taken to hospital after being hit by a van in Borås.
According to the police, the person was unconscious when he was taken to hospital.
– It appears to be a pedestrian who has been hit. It’s a short distance from a pedestrian crossing that it happened, says Hans-Jörgen Ostler, press spokesperson for police region West.
The driver remained at the scene.
– The suspect has been questioned and then he has been driven home.
The man is seriously injured, writes TT.
Postal employee is suspected of having stolen goods worth SEK 800,000
A 20-year-old employee at Postnord is charged with fraud after extensive thefts of postal packages in 2021, reports P4 Västernorrland.
The packages have contained, among other things, electronics and mobile phones, and are estimated to have a total value of approximately SEK 800,000.
He is suspected of re-addressing the packages and then having a younger helper pick them up.
Three more people are also suspected of fraud, because they chose to buy the goods.
Germany wants to see special court for Russian leaders
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock. Photo: Markus Schreiber
A special court to prosecute Russian leaders for the war in Ukraine. That is what German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock suggests, reports The evening post.
In connection with a visit to the Dutch city of The Hague, she spoke about the matter.
The Hague is home to several international courts. But none of them today have the opportunity to judge the highest Russian leaders for the war.
Baerbock wants the court to be based on Ukrainian laws, even if it would be located outside the country.
Traffic accident south of Stockholm – one to hospital
A single accident involving a passenger car occurred along national highway 73 south of Stockholm at 6 pm on Monday.
– The car is properly prepared. One person has been taken to hospital, we are unsure if there may be more, says Ola Österling, press spokesperson for the Stockholm police region.
Tow trucks are on their way to the scene, and according to the Swedish Transport Agency’s website, the road is closed in the direction of Stockholm.
The university sprung an IT trap: 200 employees went there
Malmö University carried out a staged IT attack last autumn. One in ten employees, including senior managers, fell into the trap and gave out sensitive user data, reports South Sweden.
Malmö University is now working to increase IT security.
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Is sugar-free soda also included in the Swedish Food Agency’s tax increase?
Andreas
Hey! In the radio feature, only drinks with sugar in them are mentioned.
Hello, do you know who hung the doll?
Hope they have sense enough to realize what they have done, it is Sweden’s security they have played with, somewhere there must be a limit to freedom.
Lol
There was a guy called Andreas and a few others.
You can read more about it here.
Hi, I wonder how it can be allowed in Sweden to hang a doll at the feet of a political figure. Can’t be democracy!
It is forbidden to do the Hitelrhälsning should be the same prohibition and violation to hang a doll by the feet.
– Gunnar Olsson
Banning the expression of opinions (even less well-thought-out, incorrect, offensive or anti-democratic ones) can easily put democracy out of whack…
The appropriateness of this week’s puppet protest in Stockholm can be debated. Which it does. But no one has been hurt.
Johanna Frändén has written a column on the subject, you can read it here.
Why don’t you write anything about the heavy floods in Protaras and Ayia Napa in Cyprus?
Thaw
Thanks for the tip from you and a few other readers, Tina – it led to a notice!
Reacted strongly to your information about the bear bitten man. Does this mean that there are now bears in Norrtälje?
Marie Simling
Nasty to be bitten by a bear.
There are bears in the forests in the northern parts of Norrtälje municipality, around Hallstavik and up towards Östhammar.
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