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ATTEMPTED MURDER

Swedish prison guard shot and beaten

A prison guard at a prison in Norrtälje north of Stockholm was shot, then beaten and kicked by an unknown man during a walk on Tuesday evening.

Swedish prison guard shot and beaten

“He allegedly heard something about ‘damn screw’,” referring to the British English colloquialism for prison guard, according to Marie Lundberg at the Norrtälje police.

“But he can’t say for sure, I guess he was so terrified,” she added.

The 30-year-old guard had gone out for a walk during the evening when a man leaped out from behind a tree and pressed something into his chest.

“He instinctively fenced off the man’s hand. Then he heard a bang. When he’s lying down he was then beaten and kicked,” Lundberg said.

The guard was hit in the shoulder but was able to call for help and was then taken to the hospital with injuries which were assessed to be relatively mild.

The 30-year-old has been allowed to leave the hospital, but has not been able to recognize or identify his assailant, who remains on the run.

Norrtälje police confirmed that there are currently no witnesses to the attack.

The bullet remained in the guard’s shoulder when he arrived at the hospital and police technicians will later be able to examine the type of gun used.

The assault is being investigated as attempted murder.

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ATTEMPTED MURDER

Man jailed 12 years for torturing infant daughter

The canton of Zurich's high court sentenced a 28-year-old man to 12 years in jail for brutally torturing his infant daughter because he was convinced he was not the child’s father.

Man jailed 12 years for torturing infant daughter
Canton of Zurich's high court. Photo: Adrian Michael

The decision marked a third, more severe sentencing of the man, convicted for an offence dating back to February 2009.

Doubting he was the biological father of his partner’s child, he took his anger out on the three-week old tot in a fit of jealousy, the SDA news agency reported.

When his partner was away from the home, he intentionally gave the baby scalding hot milk, which burned her mouth.

When the tot screamed he mauled her to the point where several ribs broke and grabbed the baby's arms so hard that he fractured her bones, SDA reported.

He once strangled the child until it went blue, according to the evidence.

It was only a happy circumstance that the girl (who is now four and a half) did not die, according to Switzerland’s supreme court.

The man was sentenced in February 2012 to 11 years in jail for attempted murder following an appeal of an earlier decision for an eight-year term.

But the country’s top court in March ordered a new sentencing in the case, arguing that the charge should be attempted premeditated murder.

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