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Örebro rape suspect admits to more attacks

A 24-year-old Örebro man detained for a string of sexual assaults has admitted to four more attacks.

Published: 10 January 2011 14:18 CET
Örebro rape suspect admits to more attacks
The suspect admitted to an aggravated rape against a 20-year-old at the Eurostop

The man is currently in custody on suspicions of having carried out 10 assaults against women and will face a new detention hearing on Tuesday.

“I want him detained on probable cause for the new offenses,” said deputy chief prosecutor Pia Åsberg on Monday.

The new crimes include attempted rapes in 2005 and 2008, assault and sexual molestation in October 2010 and sexual molestation in the same month.

In addition to acknowledging the latest cases, the man already confessed in November to seven of the assaults for which he is currently in custody. Beyond the new crimes, there were no current plans to interview him regarding several other incidents as of last month.

The man was initially arrested on October 11th, 2010 after cancelling a DNA test with the police. One day before his arrest, two women were attacked and it is believed that he was behind both assaults.

Previously, police had distanced themselves from reports that the man was a suspect in an unsolved double homicide in Linköping in 2004.

If he is convicted for all of the crimes for which he is currently under suspicion, he would become the worst serial rapist in Sweden’s history.

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EXPLOSION

‘Absolutely incredible’ no-one was seriously injured in Linköping explosion: police

Special police unit NOA (Nationella operativa avdelningen) will reinforce city police in Linköping on Saturday as efforts to clear up Friday morning’s explosion continue.

Published: 8 June 2019 12:19 CEST
'Absolutely incredible' no-one was seriously injured in Linköping explosion: police
A police officer near the scene of the explosion in Linköping. Photo: Jeppe Gustafsson/TT

Investigation into Friday's blast, which injured around 20, is set to be extensive.

“It is absolutely incredible that nobody was seriously injured,” police press spokesperson Björn Öberg said.

Police have now limited street closures to the most severely-damaged sites.

“Assistance from NOA will arrive today and we are moving to a phase of pure investigation. It is a comprehensive job to put together all the leads and tip-offs we have had, so it will be a large investigation,” Öberg said.

No arrests have yet been made in connection with the explosion.

“We do not want to commit ourselves to a particular hypothesis,” Öberg said.

The explosion appears to have occurred just outside the apartment building which received the most damage.

That worse casualties did not result is down to pure luck, according to the police spokesperson.

Around 20 people received mild injuries in the explosion on Friday morning, with three being taken to the city’s University Hospital.

“They have splinters and cuts. Two patients are still here,” Region Östergötland medical officer Kim Berg said to press on Friday.

Either gas or explosives could have caused the blast, although explosives appear to be the most likely, Henric Östmark of the Swedish Defence Forces’ (Totalförsvaret) research unit told Corren.

“Most bomb explosions in Sweden in recent times have been smaller (than this),” Östmark said.

“We have to go quite far back in time to find something in Sweden with an explosion of this size,” he added.

Police said on Friday that they do not believe the explosion was linked to terror, but were not ruling anything out.

READ ALSO: Linköping blast: Explosive device blew up outside building

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