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CRIME

Police hunt man after woman found dead

Police are hunting a 40-year-old man after a woman was found dead in a suburb of Stockholm on Saturday.

Stockholm have confirmed only that a preliminary investigation into murder has been launched.

“I can confirm that it is a woman who is dead and that a preliminary murder investigation has been launched,” said Stefan Sjölund at Roslags police to the TT news agency.

Sniffer dogs and a helicopter have been deployed in the search for the man.

Police were called to the scene at around 11am on Saturday after the discovery of the woman’s body in the Gribbylund area of Täby in north-eastern Stockholm.

A large area around the suspected crime scene has been cordoned off and police technicians have arrived at the scene, according to a report in the Aftonbladet daily.

A local resident told the newspaper’s reporter that he had been asked if he had seen a man in his forties dressed in grey jogging pants.

The police are focusing their search in woodland near the Gribbylund residential area.

A block of flats has been cordoned off and residents of the building have been urged to remain indoors, according to the report.

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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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