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Swedish couple murdered in Tobago

A Swedish couple has been murdered in Trinidad and Tobago in the southern Caribbean, according to several reports in the Swedish press.

Published: 10 October 2008 07:23 CEST

Both the Aftonbladet and Expressen newspapers report that the pair was found on Thursday afternoon. The woman was dead, while the man was still alive when police arrived on the scene.

He was taken to hospital but later died from his injuries.

Witnesses reported seeing a man fleeing the area and police suspect the killings occurred during an attempted robbery.

No suspects have yet been arrested.

Sweden’s foreign ministry learned of the murders on Thursday evening via Sweden’s honourary consul in Trinidad and Tobago.

“What we’ve heard is more hearsay. From what I know we haven’t yet received any account from the police,” said foreign ministry spokesperson Kent Öberg to the TT news agency.

He had no information about where in Sweden the couple lived.

According to Aftonbladet, the attack occurred in the home in Tobago which the couple had purchased four years ago.

The paper also reports that the murdered woman was 62-years-old and the man was 73.

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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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