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Nathalie: still no trace

Fears mount as 20-year-old Nathalie Johansen is still missing one week after disappearing in Alingsås, western Sweden.

Published: 23 May 2008 14:38 CEST
Nathalie: still no trace
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Johansen left the home she shared with her live-in boyfriend without her wallet, mobile phone, or keys on Thursday May 15th. There has been no trace of her since and no tips from the public as to her whereabouts.

The police have conducted searches by land, sea and air. The search continues on Friday by boat on lake Gerdsken with a specially trained sniffer dog.

Members of the public continue to call in regarding the young woman’s disappearance but none of the calls have led anywhere. One caller claimed to have seen the woman walking along the road towards Borås.

However, according to police spokesman Mats Axelsson, this wouldn’t be possible timewise.

“We have timed how long it takes to walk there from her apartment. She wouldn’t have made it there”, Axelsson told TT.

Various searches have been conducted by helicopter and with dogs. A local orienteering club conducted a search party in the forest. The police have combed the area where the woman lives, all to no avail.

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Three injured in suspected knife attack in central Sweden

At least three people have been injured in a suspected knife attack which took place in broad daylight in the centre of Västerås in central Sweden on Friday afternoon.

Published: 19 April 2024 15:32 CEST
Three injured in suspected knife attack in central Sweden

Police were called to the scene at shortly before 1.30pm on Friday after several women who Swedish police described as “elderly” were found injured with stab wounds. 

The man suspected of attacking the three women, who is reportedly in his late 20s, was later shot by police. According to Region Västmanland he is “seriously injured”.

“They have been injured with a sharp object but whether it is a knife or something else, we do not know right now,” Tobias Ahlén-Svalbro, a spokesperson from the local police told Sweden’s public broadcaster SVT. 

The three women have been taken to hospital, with one, in her 70s, described as having serious injuries. The others’ injuries are less severe.

“We are investigating two crime scenes,” Ahlén-Svalbro said. “As far as I understand the situation, two of them were injured in one area and the other somewhere else, but both areas are in central Västerås.”

The police have opened an investigation into aggravated assault, he added.

“We have already received several witness statements and would like to hear from any other witnesses who have seen or heard something.”

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