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Two dead in eastern Sweden ‘murder’ mystery

Two people have been found dead in a Sundsvall home.

Two dead in eastern Sweden 'murder' mystery
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It was a relative who found the pair and alerted police shortly after 1pm on Saturday.
 
Police said that there was a suspicion of crime. 
 
“We have opened a murder investigation,” Veronica Andersson of the local Västernorrland police told the Aftonbladet newspaper. 
 
Andersson refused to divulge any details about the deceased pair. 
 
The police added in a statement that there was “no suspicion that an outsider was involved”, though did not go into further detail. 
 
The home has been cordoned off and the family of the deceased have been notified. 
 

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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