Gothenburg: The police report an armed robbery
“Robbery at Sandarne,” the police write on their website.
The police in Västra Götaland report this:
A man states that he arranged a meeting with a buyer of an electric scooter at Sandarnas Kyrkogård (possibly Västra Kyrkogården). When he arrives at the scene, he is met by a man who threatens him with a gun-like object. The perpetrator then uses the electric scooter that the seller brought with him and disappears from the scene.
The seller is a man aged 25, no known physical injuries. The police are currently searching the local area for the perpetrator, no arrests have been made. The crime must have occurred about 15 minutes before the police became aware of it. Crime classification at the moment, aggravated robbery and aggravated weapons offence.
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Info about Robbery armed crime
The number of notifications of armed robbery has decreased in Sweden by 13% between 2013-2021 *. Gothenburg is top 2 in Sweden this year in terms of armed robbery.
The city with the highest number of armed robberies so far this year is Stockholm, followed by Gothenburg and Södertälje. Short facts about Gothenburg
Gothenburg has 607,882 inhabitants and is located in Västra Götaland. Gothenburg is Sweden’s second largest conurbation, after Stockholm, and the fifth largest in the Nordic region.
* The statistics come from the Crime Prevention Council
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