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Volcanic eruption in the Russian Far East
One of the world’s most active volcanoes has erupted on the Kamchatka Peninsula in the Russian Far East, TT reports.
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The son shot a teacher – now the mother is charged
A 25-year-old woman is now facing charges after her six-year-old son shot his teacher in Virginia in the US, the BBC reports.
Police have previously determined that the gun the boy used belongs to his mother.
The woman, named Deja Taylor, is now accused of “recklessly leaving a loaded firearm” near a child.
The son’s teacher was seriously injured but survived the shooting.
The Church of Sweden’s plan: priests are to be sent to war
The Church of Sweden in Jönköping plans to deploy priests and cemetery staff, reports Swedens radio.
The aim is, among other things, that the funeral service will work if there is a heightened state of preparedness and war, vicar Ann Aldén tells the channel.
Also Jan-Olof Olsson at the Swedish Agency for Community Protection and Preparedness tells the channel that all religious communities that conduct funerals should think through their preparedness.
Aftonbladet has previously reported on how the Church of Sweden is preparing for crisis and war. Read more here.
Car accident in Kil – mowed down about 40 posts
On Monday evening, the police received an alert about a single vehicle accident on national highway 61 in the municipality of Kil.
When the police arrived at the scene, they could ascertain that a car had mowed down about 40 poles in the middle railing of the road.
No one is said to have been injured in the accident. During a period, the road was at a standstill while waiting for the car to be recovered.
Five cars destroyed in fire
Five cars have burned during the night in Södertälje municipality, reports County newspaper Södertälje.
The newspaper states that the cars were completely burnt out and that another car was damaged.
The police suspect that an unknown perpetrator started the fire and are investigating it as vandalism. No injuries have been reported.
Alarm about suspected dangerous object
The police have been alerted about a suspected dangerous object in Norrköping.
An area has been cordoned off and police have set up roadblocks, reports say SVT East.
Residents in the area are asked to stay indoors.
Magnus Billing is allowed to leave the CEO position
Magnus Billing is allowed to leave the CEO position in Alecta with immediate effect.
The board decided this after further discussions about the company’s future and how the company will restore trust, writes Alecta in a press release.
Deputy CEO Katarina Thorslund has been appointed acting CEO at the same time as a recruitment process is underway.
It was in mid-March that Alecta announced that the company’s investments in three American niche banks had led to large losses.
An injured person after a quad bike accident
A person has had to be taken to hospital by ambulance helicopter after a quad bike accident on an island in the Stockholm archipelago.
The alarm about the accident came in shortly after 03:00 on Tuesday night. Another person is said to have been injured, but did not need to seek emergency care.
The maritime police are now on the island to investigate the incident.
SR has technical problems
Right now, Sveriges Radio has technical problems in the SR Play app and on the website.
The issue prevents them from publishing audio to new articles and a bug fix is underway.
The news broadcasts are heard as usual in P1, P3 and P4.
Dangerous bottles thrown at property
Unknown persons have thrown bottles of chemicals at a property in Uddevalla.
The bottles must have contained a mixture with, among other things, cleaning agents that are considered dangerous, as the mixture can be explosive and also harmful to the skin and eyes.
The site has been cordoned off and the bottles have been checked.
The incident is being investigated as public destruction and a violation of the Explosive Goods Act.
Despite the review, the auditors did not raise the alarm about Silicon Valley Bank
Two weeks before the massive banking crash, auditors audited Silicon Valley Bank – and gave the bank the green light, the Wall Street Journal reports.
It was the international audit giant KPMG who, for unclear reasons, chose not to raise the alarm about the bank’s impending crisis.
KPMG has not yet commented on the data.
It was at the beginning of March that three banks went under in the US, including Silicon Valley Bank. The collapse led to a multi-billion dollar loss for the Swedish occupational pension company Alecta.
The leak: US skepticism towards Ukrainian counter-offensive
US intelligence believes it may be difficult for Ukraine to retake Russian-occupied territories in a counter-offensive this spring. It shows documents in the famous Pentagon leak, reports the Washington Post.
Read more in TT’s article.
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