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Woman burned boyfriend with boiling water

Police in northern Sweden are hunting for a woman who allegedly threw a pot of scalding hot water on her boyfriend in a fit of jealous rage.

Woman burned boyfriend with boiling water

“She heated up a pot of water in the flat they shared together and then threw the water on the man,” Robert S. Öhman of the Västernorrland police told the Aftonbladet newspaper.

Despite the attack, the 26-year-old man was able to call emergency services and is now receiving treatment for his injuries at hospital in Skellefteå.

“He has burn injuries on his foot and face,” said Öhman.

Meanwhile the man’s girlfriend, 38, has gone to ground.

“She’s disappeared; it’s unclear where. But we want to bring her in for questioning,” Öhman told Aftonbladet.

While the incident took place late Friday night, police weren’t informed of the incident until Sunday when they were contacted by a concerned relative.

The woman is suspected of aggravated assault and police are fairly certain they understand what led her to throw the pot of scalding-hot water on her boyfriend in the apartment they shared in Kramfors, northern Sweden.

“The motive appears to be jealousy. A pot with boiling-hot water indicates a certain amount of planning in the crime; getting water to boil isn’t something you can do in the blink of an eye,” said Öhman to the newspaper.

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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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