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Mikael Andersson’s body likely found

Police believe they have found the body of 19-year-old Mikael Andersson from Lidköping who has been missing for about a week.

The body of a man was fished out of a manure pond on a farm in the area on Sunday.

“It is most likely the 19-year-old man we have found,” said criminal inspector Thord Haraldsson to the TT news agency.

He didn’t want to go into more detail about how the police received the tip about where the body was found.

“We have questioned the suspects but also received tips from the public. The investigation has led us to this, one could say,” he said.

Andersson disappeared last weekend after attending a party near Skara, about 25 kilometres south of Lidköping in central Sweden.

His family reported him missing last Tuesday.

A few days later police found Andersson’s car.

“We made a discovery in the car which indicated that a crime had taken place, I can’t say more than that,” said Haraldsson.

Five people are in custody on suspicion of being involved in the murder. Four of them were arrested on Friday and a fifth on Saturday.

One is suspected for murder, three for serving as accomplices to murder, and one for protecting a criminal. The five suspects are between 17 and 30-years-old.

On Monday the public prosecutor must decide which of the suspects will remain in custody.

“We have no more suspects now,” said Haraldsson.

A large number of police using patrol dogs and a helicopter had been looking for the 19-year-old.

On Friday, police located the scene of the crime, but Haraldsson wouldn’t comment on where or how it was found.

“We became convinced then that it was a case of murder,” he said.

When the tip about the manure pond came in, several coast guard divers were called in. They in one of the two large manure ponds on the farm and found the body almost immediately.

“The body was examined by a medical examiner on the scene and will now go to the forensic medical center in Gothenburg for an autopsy,” said Haraldsson.

None of the suspects arrested are connected to the farm, which is just east of Skara, according to police.

The police cannot say anything at the current time about the motivation for the crime.

“The interrogation of the suspects will continue throughout the day on Sunday,” said Haraldsson.

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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