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Swede confesses to Oslo knife murder

A 28-year-old man from Sweden has confessed to stabbing a 26-year-old Swedish woman to death in the Norwegian capital Oslo, where her boyfriend is still being treated for his wounds.

Published: 2 May 2013 07:24 CEST
Swede confesses to Oslo knife murder

The suspect’s defence lawyer Johnny Veum told Norwegian public radio on Wednesday that his client had confessed to the fatal stabbing on Tuesday.

Norwegian police quickly arrested two suspects, one Norwegian man and one Swedish, when the crime was first discovered. They have now added three additional suspects, including the 28-year-old, to the tally. The youngest suspect is an 18-year-old Norwegian woman, while the later set of arrests also brought in a 20-year-old Norwegian man.

The woman was found inside a house in Oslo, while an injured man, now believed to be her boyfriend, was found outside. They both had stab wounds.

The boyfriend has been able to speak with the police despite his injuries.

“After interrogations on Wednesday we have an even better picture of what happened,” said local police spokeswoman Grete Lien Metlid to the TT news agency.

She said they had been in touch with Swedish police to find more information on the victims and one the two Swedish suspects.

When news of the crime broke on Tuesday, Verdens Gang reported that the victim had recently felt uneasy at her apartment after it was burgled.

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Stockholm court fines Greta Thunberg over parliament climate protest

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg was handed a fine for disobeying police orders after blocking access to Sweden's parliament during a protest.

Published: 8 May 2024 17:00 CEST
Stockholm court fines Greta Thunberg over parliament climate protest

Police removed Thunberg on March 12th and 14th after she refused to leave the main entrance, where she was protesting with a small group of activists for several days. MPs could still access the building via secondary entrances.

The court said it fined the activist 6,000 Swedish kronor ($551) and ordered her to pay 1,000 kronor in damages and interest.

Thunberg denied the charges of two counts of civil disobedience, according to an AFP journalist at the hearing.

Asked by the judge why she had not obeyed police orders, she replied: “Because there was a (climate) emergency and there still is. And in an emergency, we all have a duty to act.”

“The current laws protect the extractive industries instead of protecting people and the planet, which is what I believe should be the case,” she said as she left the courtroom.

Thunberg has been fined twice before in Sweden, in July and October 2023, for civil disobedience during similar protests.

In February, a London judge dropped charges against her for disturbing the peace during a demonstration against the oil industry in October in the British capital.

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