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Suicide link in mother and child killing

Police in Stockholm who discovered a young woman and her infant son dead in an apartment late on Thursday night suspect the killings may be related to the suicide of a man who jumped in front of a train.

Police began looking for relatives of a man who killed himself by jumping in front of a Stockholm commuter train on Thursday afternoon. The search led them to an apartment in the suburbs to the south of the city.

Plain clothes officers entered the first-floor apartment by breaking a window at around 10pm on Thursday evening, and found the slain woman and her one-year-old son.

Forensic investigators continued to search the crime scene for clues on Friday morning, while colleagues knock on doors in the area in an effort to gather additional information about what police are investigating as a double homicide.

According to the police, much suggests that the man’s suicide and the double murder are related.

“In that way, they seem to be connected, but we’re still investigating. But just now there is much to suggest that a tragic relationship serves as the backdrop,” said Stockholm police spokesperson Mats Nylén to the TT news agency.

Nylén couldn’t say what the exact nature of the relationship was between those involved, nor would he divulge any details about how the woman and the infant were killed.

A neighbour who heard police break into the apartment where the two victims were found told TT that the young couple and child who lived there were pleasant and tranquil neighbours.

“I’ve never heard anything from their apartment. They were friendly neighbours who you greet and make small talk with. Ideal neighbours, I’d say,” she said.

“Now it feels really scary, partly because of being so close to something like this and partly because they were so easy-going and not the least bit out of the ordinary.”

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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