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57-year-old man murdered in Södertälje

A 57-year-old man is believed to have been murdered in his apartment in Södertälje on Tuesday evening.

Police have detained a 50-year-old man in connection with the killing in the town just south of Stockholm.

Police have so far revealed very few details about their investigation into the death in the town’s Grusåsen district.

“He was found in his apartment by a family member and there were injuries on his body that lead us to believe that he was murdered,” said police spokesman Bosse Abrahamsson.

Police immediately turned their attentions to a 50-year-old man who was arrested at 2.30am on Wednesday.

“He is being detained on suspicion of murder,” said Abrahamsson, who refused to comment further on the case.

LANDSLIDE

Swedish authorities: Worker negligence behind motorway landslide

Swedish authorities said on Thursday that worker negligence at a construction site was believed to be behind a landslide that tore apart a motorway in western Sweden in September.

Swedish authorities: Worker negligence behind motorway landslide

The landslide, which struck the E6 highway in Stenungsund, 50 kilometres north of Sweden’s second-largest city Gothenburg, ripped up a petrol station car park, overturned lorries and caved in the roof of a fast food restaurant.

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Prosecutor Daniel Veivo Pettersson said on Thursday he believed “human factors” were behind the landslide as “no natural cause” had been found during the investigation.

He told a press conference the landslide had been triggered by a nearby construction site where too much excavated material had been piled up, putting excessive strain on the ground below. 

“At this stage, we consider it negligent, in this case grossly negligent, to have placed so much excavated material on the site,” Pettersson said.

Pettersson added that three people were suspected of among other things gross negligence and causing bodily harm, adding that the investigation was still ongoing.

The worst-hit area covered around 100 metres by 150 metres, but the landslide affected an area of around 700 metres by 200 metres in total, according to emergency services.

Three people were taken to hospital with minor injuries after the collapse, according to authorities.

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