A 79-year-old man was assaulted by a burglar early on Sunday morning in the town of Åmål in central Sweden.
At about four o’clock in the morning, the man and his wife heard sounds from the cellar of their house
They initially thought the noises might be from a passing storm, but when the husband went to investigate after a time, he was assaulted and knocked down by a burglar who had broken into the cellar.
He was later taken to hospital.
It was still unclear late on Sunday morning whether any serious damage had been done.
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.
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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