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Two people have been requested to be detained after the shooting in Hovsjö in Södertälje on Tuesday. It is about a 16-year-old boy and a 15-year-old girl, the Prosecutor’s Office states.

They are suspected of attempted murder and serious weapons offences.

A man had to be taken to hospital with the incident. The shooting was the third act of violence to hit Södertälje in just a couple of days.

On Monday evening, a hand grenade was thrown into a shop and two people were injured. A boy in his early teens was suspected in that case of attempted murder and public dangerous destruction.

A couple of days earlier, on Saturday evening, a villa in Södertälje was shelled with several shots.

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A person is wanted in custody after a shooting in the Hagsätra center in southern Stockholm on June 22, the Public Prosecutor’s Office states.

It concerns a man in his 20s who, on probable grounds, is suspected of serious weapons offenses and two cases of attempted murder.

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Two elderly people have died in an accident in Åtvidaberg, the police say.

– It was an accident with some kind of work vehicle that happened in the countryside. There are two people who have tragically died as a result of this incident, they are two elderly people, says Olle Älveroth, press spokesperson at the police in Öst.

Relatives have been notified of the deaths.

The details of the accident are currently unclear to the police.

– We are investigating to find out what happened. There are no suspicions of crime at the moment, says Olle Älveroth.

A preliminary investigation into causing the death of another has been launched to clarify the cause of death.

Shortly after midnight, a 25-year-old man was set upon in Viskafors by persons unknown to him as he was on his way home.

The man had just gotten off a bus. When the suspects disappeared from the scene, the man discovered that he had been stabbed on the body.

It should not be about any serious injuries.

No people have been arrested.

A man was robbed during the night and threatened with what is described as a gun-like object, according to the police.

The incident occurred in the cliff.

The man was robbed on his mobile phone and not long after, a man and a woman aged 25-30 were arrested on suspicion of aggravated robbery and minor drug offences.

A man in his 30s has died after a traffic accident at Norrhult in Uppvidinge municipality.

The man drove the one car. In the other car were three people in their 80s, who all have minor injuries.

– We suspect that the vehicle driven by the now-deceased person has driven out of a stop and collided with another vehicle, says Viktor Grönqvist, on-call preliminary investigation leader at the police.

The police classify the accident as gross negligence in traffic, gross drunk driving and causing bodily harm.

The man’s relatives have been notified.

The number of car dealers going bankrupt has risen significantly. Archive image. Photo: Tomas Oneborg/SvD/TT

The grim economic situation has hit the car dealers in Sweden hard. In shared first place with the real estate companies, the car dealer industry is the most competitive so far this year, reports Dagens industri.

During the first half of the year, a total of 108 car dealer companies have been declared bankrupt according to the credit information company Creditsafe, the newspaper writes.

Last year, the same figure was 63, an increase of 71 percent. The year before that, the number of bankruptcies was 50.

– Those who have the biggest problem are those who sell the smaller new car brands to private customers and who have not been able to switch to more used sales, says CEO Tommy Letzén to DI.

Norway’s third highest mountain, Store Skagastølstind. Archive image. Photo: Cornelius Poppe/AP/TT

Two people are stuck on a mountain top in Norway, according to police district Vest. The weather is said to be bad.

Fjälltoppen, Store Skagastølstind in southwestern Norway, is the country’s third highest at 2,405 meters above sea level. It is also the only one of the three highest that requires climbing to reach.

“An alpine rescue team is on its way,” writes the police district a few hours after midnight, on the night of Friday.

Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, leader of Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel, has been arrested by federal police in Texas, reports New York Times.

The Sinaloa cartel is one of Mexico’s most powerful criminal groups, and is often considered one of the world’s largest drug cartels.

Joaquin Guzman Lopez, son of the cartel’s former leader Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, has also been arrested.

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The teenage boy from England who was seriously injured in a drowning accident in Alingsås has died.

This is announced by a representative of the mosque in the boy’s hometown GP.

The police also confirm the death.

– I can confirm that, that information came to us last night, says Johan Josarp, officer on duty at the police in the West region, to TT.

The boy played in a British team that participated in the Gothia cup.

Last Friday, he was found lifeless in one of the pools at Nolhaga Badpark in Alingsås. He was later treated at Sahlgrenska hospital.

A year ago, a similar incident occurred in the bath. A teenage boy playing in the Gothia cup died after being seriously injured in an accident.

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It has been fired at a villa in Huddinge south of Stockholm.

Several people alerted the police about explosions at 10:33 p.m.

At the scene, bullet holes were discovered through a window.

– We have no one who has been found injured and no one who has been detained, says police spokesperson Anna Westberg.

A major effort is underway.

– We have a large number of resources on site working, it is dog patrol and technicians.

According to Aftonbladet’s information, shots were fired at the same house last week. No one was injured then, but at least one person was in the home, according to the police.

The police confirm the information.

– We have had a shooting at the same address, says Anna Westberg.

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Manila, Philippines, on Wednesday where water stood waist-high in parts of the city following the advance of Typhoon Gaemi. Photo: Joeal Calupitan/AP

Several countries have been affected by severe flooding in the wake of Typhoon Gaemi. Among them is the Philippines where at least 15 people are dead.

Likewise, Taiwan is hard hit with five dead and over 500 injured as Gaemi moved in as a Category 3 hurricane. Here, too, the floods are severe. In the city of Tainan, residents were forced to flee the rapidly rising water, in nearby Kaohsiung, roads flooded and cars filled with water, writes the New York Times.

During Thursday evening, the typhoon reached southern China. In parts of the country, schools and tourist attractions have been closed and public gatherings have been banned.

A Canadian resort has been severely damaged after a forest fire swept through. It is about the resort located in Jasper National Park in Alberta.

According to the BBC, up to 50 percent of the built-up area must be destroyed.

Around 25,000 people have had to flee the fire-ravaged area since the fire started, reports the BBC.

Hundreds of firefighters are currently battling the blaze and reinforcements are on the way.

100 firefighters from Mexico are on their way, as are 200 from South Africa and 100 from Australia.