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Man held on suspicion of murdering wife

Updated: Police arrested a man in Copenhagen on the suspicion of killing his wife, whose body was found at the couple's home in southern Sweden during the weekend.

Published: 27 July 2014 13:37 CEST
Updated: 28 July 2014 12:37 CEST
Man held on suspicion of murdering wife
Police on the scene. Photo: Johan Nilsson/TT

Danish officers arrested the man in Copenhagen on Sunday evening. His wife was found dead in her own home just north of Ystad, southern Sweden.

Authorities declared that an aggravated violent crime had taken place. 

On Monday, police said the man was suspected of murder, adding that officers were in the process of getting the suspect extradited to Sweden.

The woman, her husband, and their teenage son had all been reported missing last week, reported the Aftonbladet newspaper, and it remains unclear how long she had been dead before a relative found her body on Saturday.

The woman had recently reported her husband for assault.

The crime scene was sealed off for a technical examination on Saturday, but this was halted after a string of shootings in nearby Malmö soon after.

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Three injured in suspected knife attack in central Sweden

At least three people have been injured in a suspected knife attack which took place in broad daylight in the centre of Västerås in central Sweden on Friday afternoon.

Published: 19 April 2024 15:32 CEST
Three injured in suspected knife attack in central Sweden

Police were called to the scene at shortly before 1.30pm on Friday after several women who Swedish police described as “elderly” were found injured with stab wounds. 

The man suspected of attacking the three women, who is reportedly in his late 20s, was later shot by police. According to Region Västmanland he is “seriously injured”.

“They have been injured with a sharp object but whether it is a knife or something else, we do not know right now,” Tobias Ahlén-Svalbro, a spokesperson from the local police told Sweden’s public broadcaster SVT. 

The three women have been taken to hospital, with one, in her 70s, described as having serious injuries. The others’ injuries are less severe.

“We are investigating two crime scenes,” Ahlén-Svalbro said. “As far as I understand the situation, two of them were injured in one area and the other somewhere else, but both areas are in central Västerås.”

The police have opened an investigation into aggravated assault, he added.

“We have already received several witness statements and would like to hear from any other witnesses who have seen or heard something.”

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