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today at 07.30 Johanna Sundbeck
A number of people in Skutskär have raised the alarm that they woke up to a suspected earthquake on Tuesday morning, reports P4 Gävleborg.
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Indonesia bans sex before marriage
Indonesia’s parliament has decided on a law change which, among other things, means that sex before marriage will be prohibited, writes Reuters. Unmarried couples are also prohibited from cohabitation.
Extramarital sex will be prohibited as well as advertising for contraceptives with the change in the law.
The laws apply to both citizens and foreigners visiting the country.
85 dead in police interventions in the last ten years
In the past ten years, 85 people have died in connection with being taken into police custody, reports Echo. Figures from the Swedish Forensic Agency show that the people have died in connection while they have been killed by the police in at least six of the cases.
Today, the police have changed their routines and the techniques that have been used in the past, but the deaths have occurred despite this.
A man was robbed on a mobile phone – scratched with a knife
A man in his 30s was robbed on his mobile phone on Monday evening by masked people who also threatened and scratched the man’s head with a knife, according to the police.
It was at 22.52 that the police were alerted to a robbery, which is said to have taken place on Wingårdsgatan in Gothenburg.
No one has been arrested at this time.
Boy injured in attempted robbery
On Monday evening at 10 p.m., a 17-year-old boy called SOS Alarm after being the victim of an attempted robbery at Maria park in Helsingborg.
In connection with the attempted robbery, the boy received a cut on his arm. According to the police, the damage was relatively minor.
The two suspected perpetrators who were masked during the attempted robbery left the scene in the direction of Mark park.
As of Tuesday morning, no one has yet been arrested for the incident.
Customers not as loyal to the favorite store
The price of a food product has become increasingly important for which store customers shop in, reports Sweden’s Radio Ekot according to TT.
According to the industry organization Swedish Trade, customers are no longer as loyal to the grocery store they usually go to.
– The stores are now perhaps fighting more over price than they did before, says Karin Brynell, CEO of Swedish grocery retail, to the radio.
Actress Kirstie Alley dead
Actress Kirstie Alley has died after a short battle with cancer.
This is stated by her children in a statement on social media.
She was 71 years old.
Bomb threat against aircraft at Kastrup
Police have emptied an airplane of passengers after a bomb threat at Copenhagen Airport Kastrup, writes TT with reference to Ritzau.
The Copenhagen police stated shortly before 11pm on Monday that they are working at the scene and that no suspicious object has been found.
The aircraft arrived from the Polish capital Warsaw, writes Ekstra Bladet.
Convicted serial killer admits to more murders
Serial killer Richard Cottingham, called the “Torso Killer” because he dismembered some of his victims, is convicted of murdering eight women during the 60s and 70s.
Now he has admitted four more, writes ABC News.
During a trial on Monday, the 76-year-old was convicted of another murder. Dance teacher Diane Cusick was found strangled in her car outside a Long Island mall on February 15, 1968. DNA evidence now links Cottingham to the murder.
In connection with the trial, he confessed to four unsolved murders of women in the early 170s.
Because Cottingham is already serving a life sentence, he will not be charged with those murders.
Orion has begun the journey back to Earth
Nasa’s space capsule Orion has begun the journey back home after passing around the moon one last time and sending images of both the moon and the Earth, writes TT.
Orion lost communication with Earth for 30 minutes as it passed 13 miles from the far side of the moon, the hemisphere of the moon that always faces away from Earth.
With the help of gravity from the moon, Orion has now started the 38,000 mile journey back to Earth, after circling the moon for a week.
Orion is expected to land in the Pacific Ocean off San Diego on December 11.
Person robbed at knifepoint in his car
The police were alerted to Järfälla, north of Stockholm, at around 11.30 pm this evening,
A person had been robbed of his car in a residential area.
– An offender with a knife has threatened to take a car. No one is detained, says the police officer on duty.
The car owner was not physically injured in the robbery.
At least 140 Palestinians dead this year
2022 is the deadliest year in the occupied West Bank since 2006, reports Echo. So far, at least 140 Palestinians have died.
On Monday morning, a young Palestinian was shot dead when he threw petrol bombs and stones at Israeli soldiers who had come to arrest his brother.
According to Israel, the Israeli soldiers are only shooting in self-defense, but on Friday a fatal shooting was caught on film. An Israeli soldier shot a 22-year-old Palestinian with four shots. Palestinians call the incident a cold-blooded murder.
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What happens in the Tove case?
Ewa Forstén
State a problem with Facebook as you wrote, haven’t they changed their name to Meta?
Iv’s sale
The company itself changed its name to Meta about a year ago.
But their social media platforms Facebook, Instagram and Whatspp are still named as they do!
What is happening in Näset, Lindingö? Lots of emergency vehicles… don’t even come close to the hill
Jens b
According to the police, it is a medical matter. They don’t want to say more than that.
You write that “At the Sunes Elefant restaurant in Visby, Nooshi Dadgostar eats steak and fries drenched in a brownish semi-transparent sauce”, but what did she drink with the food…? It does not appear.
Pelle brokers peace
Hey!
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.
Pleasant evening!
What happened to Tove who was murdered? No newspaper writes more about the murder that I can find.
Pia
Hi Pia! The police and prosecutors have announced that they will wait to say more about the case while the investigation is ongoing. Both women are still in custody and on December 15, prosecutor Adam Rullman is expected to request that they be re-arrested, if nothing else happens.
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