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Seven charged after burning victim with iron

Seven men in Örebro, central Sweden, have been charged with kidnapping and aggravated assault after having tortured a man in Örebro last October, according to a report in local paper Nerikes Allehanda (NA).

The incident occurred in a flat in Örebro at the start of October last year, according to news agency TT.

The men allegedly tied the victim’s feet together and put him in a bathtub where they proceeded in burning him with an iron and hitting him repeatedly with computer cables. He was also stabbed with a screwdriver in the thigh.

According to the paper, one of the accused had asked the victim to visit the flat.

When he arrived there, the rest of the six men were hiding inside the apartment and jumped him as soon as he entered the flat.

One of the perpetrators also filmed part of the torture.

According to NA, it seems as if the the torture was meant to scare the man to silence in an upcoming court case.

The accused are all between 18 and 21 years old and apart from being charged with aggravated assault and kidnapping, the also stand accused of illegal threats and abusing judicial procedures.

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Bayern Munich footballer under investigation for assault

Bayern Munich and former German national team football star Jerome Boateng, 31, has been charged with assault after allegedly attacking his former partner, German prosecutors confirmed Tuesday.

Bayern Munich footballer under investigation for assault
Jerome Boateng earlier this year. Photo: DPA

“The Munich prosecutor's office has had proceedings open against Jerome Boateng for dangerous assault since autumn 2018.

Following extensive investigations, charges were brought on February 11th, 2019,” chief prosecutor Anne Leiding told AFP-subsidiary SID, confirming reports in German media outlets Süddeutsche Zeitung (SZ) and WDR.

Leiding added that the court was yet to open the case, but had accepted an accessory prosecution from the alleged victim, named only as 'S.'.

According to the SZ and WDR reports, 'S.' is Boateng's former partner of 10 years and the mother of two of his three children.

Prosecutors also confirmed that Boateng was the subject of a separate police investigation into assault.

Former Germany central defender Boateng is one of the country's most successful players, having won the World Cup with Germany in 2014 and the Champions League with Bayern in 2013.

His career has declined in recent months, after he was dropped from the national squad earlier this year.

READ ALSO: Löw Blow: Why Müller, Hummels and Boateng deserved the axe

Boateng's relationship with his club has also suffered after he slipped down the defensive pecking order at German league champions Bayern.

In May, club president Uli Hoeness advised the 31-year-old to “find a new club”, but a mooted transfer to Italian giants Juventus fell through at the last minute on the final day of the European transfer window on Monday

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