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Body found in missing Falun woman case

A body believed to be that of a 32-year woman from Falun, missing since early August, was discovered on Friday, hours after her fiancé was found in a state of shock by a roadside between Rättvik and Falun in central Sweden.

Published: 19 September 2009 09:02 CEST
Body found in missing Falun woman case

A local home owner who came across the 34-year old man alerted the police when the man told him he had found the body of a woman in the forest.

The man, who had burn injuries, was taken to hospital and later held, suspected of involvement in his fiancé’s disappearance.

Earlier on Friday, Dalarna police stated that the man was not a suspect in the case.

He had been missing since Wednesday when he was called for further questioning, but never showed up.

On Friday evening, police discovered a body in the area where the man was found. It is yet to be confirmed it is that of the 32-year old woman.

The women went missing after leaving her parents home in Falun on the evening of August 1.

The couple had planned to marry a week after her disappearance.

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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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