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Prosecutors decided earlier today not to open an investigation after an Erdogan doll was hoisted up and down in Stockholm.

Tobias Billström now speaks out about the government’s criticism of the campaign with the doll.

Among other things, he says that the government stands up for freedom of expression.

– Freedom of speech goes both ways, and for the government it was important to comment on how seriously we view the action with the doll, he tells Aftonbladet.

He also says that Sweden has independent authorities and courts.

– It is up to them to decide what is criminal and what is not, he tells Aftonbladet.

Johan Pehrson told Aftonbladet earlier today that he defends the right to protest after the doll was hung.

– We have freedom of speech in Sweden, you can say what you want, he says.

The Italian film star Gina Lollobrigida is dead, reports the news agency Ansa.

Gina Lollobrigida had her international breakthrough in the 1950s. Among other things, she appeared in the films “The Jesters’ Market”, “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” and “Trapets”.

In addition to her acting career, Gina Lollobrigida participated in beauty pageants and gained attention as a sex symbol under the name “La Lollo”.

Gina Lollobrigida was 95 years old.

The well-known Pakistani lawyer and human rights activist Abdul Latif Afridi, 79, has been shot dead in the premises of the Supreme Court in the city of Peshawar, TT reports.

Police say he was killed during a break by a younger colleague who shot him six times.

The perpetrator must then have surrendered to the police.

Afridi is a vocal critic of the country’s military and its involvement in Pakistan’s politics, but also of militant Islamists.

He was described as “an experienced jurist and a courageous politician who was known for his righteousness,” in a statement by the country’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has appointed Herzi Halevi as the new head of the country’s military forces, TT reports.

– We will prepare the army for war on fronts both near and far, he says during a ceremony led by Netanyahu.

Herzi Halevi has previously been the leader of the country’s military intelligence service and deputy army chief.

During the ceremony, Herzi Halevi also says that Israel will not be drawn into “meaningless wars”, but that it will “fight on decisive days”.

Shortly after lunch, the police, ambulance and emergency services were called to a roundabout in Örebro after a collision between an electric scooter rider and a car.

The electric kick cyclist has been taken to hospital by ambulance. The person’s injury status is still unclear.

The police have drawn up a traffic accident report to investigate whether any of the people involved may be suspected of a crime.

At least 19 people have died and 24 have been injured in northern Senegal after a bus and truck collided, reports Al Jazeera.

The accident occurred early Monday morning near the village of Sakal, local rescue services told AFP.

A wolf has been shot from a helicopter outside Ånäset, reports The north.

The wolf, which is suspected of having injured and mauled several reindeer in the area, was tracked down on Friday.

– We tracked it the day before and had a good idea of ​​where it was, then there was snow in the morning which made it easy to track the wolf and we could shoot it from a helicopter, Jonas Gustafsson, surveillance coordinator at the Nature Conservation Unit, told the newspaper.

Also in the area around Lövånger, the wolf is said to have dispersed reindeer herds for Malå Sami village.

The wolf was shot on Saturday.

– We thought that the limit had been reached now, says Ulf Bergelin at the county board SVT Västerbotten.

Jane Bark is dead, says the illustrator’s son Today’s news.

During her career, Jane Bark worked, among other things, as an advertising cartoonist for Dagens nyheter, an illustrator for Femina and a portraitist for Fokus.

Jane Bark was 91 years old.

The amusement park High Chaparral, south of Jönköping, has been flooded, reports Jönköpings-Posten.

Large parts of the campsite and park are now under water.

– For just over a day, the water level has passed the level we saw in 2020. In less than a day, the level has risen by 14 cm and the water masses have therefore reached surfaces that were not affected three years ago, says Mathias Bergendahl, CEO.

SMHI has issued several warnings for flooding in the area.

Eight men were sentenced on Monday for involvement in an attempted murder in connection with a shooting in Vällingby in autumn 2020, reports P4 Stockholm.

According to the district court, the shooting was an attempt at revenge for the shooting in Norsborg on the second of August 2020, when 12-year-old Adriana was shot to death.

The length of the men’s sentences varies between just under four to just over fifteen years. Two of the men are also convicted of preparation for murder.

Prosecutor Lucas Eriksson at the City Prosecutor’s Office in Stockholm has judged that the action with a hoisted Erdogan doll was not criminal.

– I received the case as defamation, but did not think it could amount to defamation. Therefore, I decided not to initiate a preliminary investigation, says Lucas Eriksson.

The decision has been formally made and the prosecutor has moved on with other cases.

– A review can be requested, and then a chief prosecutor can look into it, says Lucas Eriksson.