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Trucks, bus and car in collision – stop on E4
Two trucks, a bus and a car are involved in a collision on the E4 outside Timrå, reports Sundsvall’s newspaper.
Traffic is at a standstill in both directions.
– It hasn’t gone at any high speeds, so we don’t think there are any serious injuries, says Thomas Åslin, internal commander at the rescue service, to the newspaper.
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The County Administrative Board warns: Do not enter the national park
In recent days, snow storms have created problems in traffic in several places in Ångermanland.
Now the county administration in Västernorrland urges the public to stay away from the national park Skuleskogen outside Örnsköldsvik, reports Örnsköldsvik’s Allehanda.
– We strongly advise against going out to any of the entrances before the weekend in any case, says Anna Carlemalm, director at Naturum, to the newspaper.
Trees have fallen across roads and the County Administrative Board has been on site today to review the situation.
– It is very difficult at the west entrance. It’s very brave and when you even have to shovel the plow truck loose, we think it’s inappropriate for others to go out, says Carlemalm.
Confidence in the police plummets: “Looking at it seriously”
The Swedish people’s trust in the police authority plummeted ten percent after the police chief scandal was revealed, according to Aftonbladet/Demoskop’s survey.
Something that Minister of Justice Gunnar Strömmer (M) takes seriously.
– And I am convinced that the police also take a serious look. I believe that the most important way to maintain a comparatively high level of trust will be for the police to become even better at solving their basic task, namely maintaining safety and security in society.
In 2022, 61 people will be shot to death in Sweden, to be compared with four in Norway and Denmark and two in Finland.
When asked if Strömmer is dissatisfied with the police’s work, he says:
– There cannot be a citizen in Sweden, an employee of an authority, there cannot be a politician who can feel satisfied when we have 61 shooting deaths.
– I am not satisfied with a crime investigation of 20 percent and neither are the police. That is why we are taking measures to increase operational capacity.
Strömmer: Gang crime is terrorism
Gunnar Strommer. Photo: BJÖRN LINDAHL
Minister of Justice Gunnar Strömmer (M) compares gang crime in Sweden with terrorism during the press conference at Folk och försvar.
– It conducts activities that are apt to instill fear in the population, they have a large capital of violence and try to influence decision-making, this is the kind of thing we normally associate with terrorism, he says.
In order to overcome gang violence, the government is investigating the possibility of taking measures similar to those used in the fight against terrorism and violent extremism.
This includes, among other things, secret wiretapping, visitation zones and a quadrupling of the police’s surveillance cameras.
– It gives us another toolbox when we have to meet and push back the gangs.
The Swedish Food Agency is recalling even more eggs
Photo: Martina Holmberg / TT
The Swedish Food Agency has decided to expand the scope of which lots of eggs are affected by recalls with a risk of salmonella.
“The Swedish control program for salmonella shows that it is very unusual to have salmonella in Swedish eggs. At the end of December 2022, however, salmonella was found at a major Swedish egg producer,” the Swedish Food Agency writes on its website.
As a result, the companies Axfood, Coop and Lidl as well as the brand Kronäggen have recalled even more eggs.
Read more here.
Tram and car in collision
On Tuesday, the police were called to an intersection in central Norrköping due to a traffic accident.
According to the police, it is a passenger car and a tram that have collided.
There are currently no reports of injuries.
The driver of the car, a man in his 50s, was fined on the spot. This as he should not have observed the duty to stop.
Investigation of the former police chief in Vetlanda is closed
It was in December that the Special Prosecutor’s Chamber decided to investigate suspected bribery after Rickard Finndahl, police chief in Vetlanda, agreed to a hunting trip with Leif GW Persson – in the middle of an ongoing murder investigation regarding 21-year-old Tove in Vetlanda.
Now the Prosecutor’s Chamber has decided to close the investigation.
Prosecutor Lars Morand is said to have stated P4 Jönköping that the investigation is closed for lack of evidence. According to the prosecutor, it is not possible to prove that the hunting trip did not take place as part of a friendship between Rickard Finndahl and Leif GW Persson.
2022 second warmest year so far in Europe
The year 2022 was the second warmest year recorded in Europe so far.
This is what the EU’s Earth Observation Program writes in a press release.
The summer of 2022 was the warmest on record.
Globally, 2022 was the fifth warmest year.
New strategy to fight gangs
The government will draw up a new national strategy to combat organized crime.
Minister of Justice Gunnar Strömmer (M) announces this during his speech at Folk och försvar.
A new council is being established in the Department of Justice, which will include the Attorney General and the heads of the central law enforcement agencies.
The 20-year-old admits: “Tove was not meant to die”
Until now, the 20-year-old woman has denied any involvement in Tove’s murder.
But now the 20-year-old’s lawyer Clea Sangborn states that she is changing her attitude.
She admits trespassing, but denies murder.
However, she admits to assault.
Clea Sangborn also states that the 20-year-old felt very badly in custody.
Read more here.
Elderly woman hit at a pedestrian crossing – taken to hospital
A 95-year-old woman has been taken to hospital after being hit by a car at a pedestrian crossing in Ystad.
Police, emergency services and ambulance were all on the scene after the accident.
The driver of the car, a man in his 70s, is suspected of having caused the accident.
Suspicions are strengthened after the suspected murder of a child in Luleå
The suspicions against the 45-year-old man who is suspected of murdering an eight-year-old child in Luleå have been strengthened.
The Public Prosecutor’s Office announces this in a press release.
The man is now suspected of the crime on probable grounds.
– After questioning, I can state that the criminal suspicions against him have been strengthened. I have therefore decided that the arrest should remain and that he is now detained on probable grounds, the higher degree of suspicion. The man himself denies the crime, says Deputy Chief Prosecutor Lindha Strömberg at the Prosecutor’s Office in Luleå.
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Why does Tove’s investigation feel so strange? Long periods of detention for the girls who are in custody, the police being extremely secretive about the circumstances and a what feels like an unusual investigation? Can you boil down the circumstances so that you keep up with where you are now in the process?
RK
Isn’t it the case that if it had been Russia that was behind the Nordstream attack, it would have been trumpeted out!?
But maybe it’s not Russia and then you have to SILENCE it!
That’s how the media works!!
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Hey Uff! At the moment there is nothing new to report about who is behind the sabotage. On Christmas Eve, we published an article on the hunt for perpetrators, citing European intelligence sources who are unsure of the Russian trail. You can read the article here.
But the fact that we would, as you claim, “shut down” something is therefore not true.
Hey! Do you have any new info on how Jeremy Renner is doing?
Monica
Hey! According to a spokesperson, Jeremy is said to be on the mend.
– Jeremy continues to make progress and is now awake. He talks and is in good spirits. He will continue to be cared for in the intensive care unit as the situation is critical but stable, says the spokesperson.
Here is our latest article about it.
Hello, I have a question. Do you know who is behind the attacks on Nord Stream yet?
JOHN
Hey! There is nothing that has been confirmed yet, so at the moment it is not known who is behind it.
How is Finland’s application to NATO going? Have they received the go-ahead from all countries?
Ann
Hey! Hungary or Turkey have not yet ratified either Sweden’s or Finland’s applications to NATO.
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