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Smoke bomb attack in Stockholm subway

Commuters on the Stockholm subway are not expected to experience any delays in their Monday morning commute despite a smoke bomb attack at Fittja station south of the city.

Several fire and rescue services were dispatched to the scene with fans to blow the smoke out of the subway after someone released a smoke bomb on Sunday night.

The task only took the firemen a few minutes, and officials said that there was no risk the incident would affect traffic.

“Witnesses saw a couple of young men throw the bomb,” Mikael Ericson of the Stockholm police told TT. “The boys quickly ran from the scene.”

Ericson said that another individual almost managed to throw the smoke bomb out of the station, but it still filled the ticket hall with smoke, which then spread to the platforms.

“We haven’t arrested a suspect for this incident. A report for property damage has been filed.”

The platforms were deserted since the last train on the red line that runs through the station had already departed. There were no injuries.

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Stockholm Pride is a little different this year: here’s what you need to know 

This week marks the beginning of Pride festivities in the Swedish capital. The tickets sold out immediately, for the partly in-person, partly digital events. 

Pride parade 2019
There won't be a Pride parade like the one in 2019 on the streets of Stockholm this year. Photo: Stina Stjernkvist/TT

You might have noticed rainbow flags popping up on major buildings in Stockholm, and on buses and trams. Sweden has more Pride festivals per capita than any other country and is the largest Pride celebration in the Nordic region, but the Stockholm event is by far the biggest.  

The Pride Parade, which usually attracts around 50,000 participants in a normal year, will be broadcast digitally from Södra Teatern on August 7th on Stockholm Pride’s website and social media. The two-hour broadcast will be led by tenor and debater Rickard Söderberg.

The two major venues of the festival are Pride House, located this year at the Clarion Hotel Stockholm at Skanstull in Södermalm, and Pride Stage, which is at Södra Teatern near Slussen.

“We are super happy with the layout and think it feels good for us as an organisation to slowly return to normal. There are so many who have longed for it,” chairperson of Stockholm Pride, Vix Herjeryd, told the Dagens Nyheter newspaper.

Tickets are required for all indoor events at Södra Teatern to limit the number of people indoors according to pandemic restrictions. But the entire stage programme will also be streamed on a big screen open air on Mosebacketerassen, which doesn’t require a ticket.  

You can read more about this year’s Pride programme on the Stockholm Pride website (in Swedish). 

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