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Man shot dead near neighbourhood bike path

A 27-year-old man was shot and killed in a residential area in Falkenberg, about 100 kilometres south of Gothenburg in southwestern Sweden, late Monday night.

Man shot dead near neighbourhood bike path

Police received reports of gunfire around 11.30pm and arrived to the Falkagård neighbourhood to find a man with gunshot wounds lying by the side of a bike path adjacent to Solhagavägen.

“Several shots were fired in this neighbourhood,” Halland County police spokesman Lars Grimbeck told the Aftonbladet newspaper.

The victim, who also resided in the area, was taken to hospital where he was later pronounced dead.

Police have classified the deadly shooting as murder. So far, however, no one has been arrested and there are no suspects, Grimbeck told the TT news agency.

“We have some information from witnesses. We’re going to interview them again, but we need more (witnesses) and hope we can make contact with others who saw or heard something before or after the murder,” he said.

The area around where the 27-year-old was found has been cordoned off and forensic investigators are examining the area.

According to police, the victim has no criminal record and police were unwilling to comment on whether the shooting may have been gang related.

“I don’t want to speculate about a motive. The investigation must proceed before we can get into details.” Grimbeck told the Expressen 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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