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Teenager dies after gym attack in Ängelholm

A 17-year-old boy who was stabbed at a gym in southern Sweden has died from his injuries.

Teenager dies after gym attack in Ängelholm
File photo of a gym. Photo: Marcus Ericsson/TT

Southern Swedish police confirmed late on Monday that the teenager, who was found severely injured at the gym in the town of Ängelholm on Saturday evening, had died from his injuries on Monday afternoon.

Police found the boy after being called out to an assault at the Friskis & Svettis training centre at around 6pm on Saturday. They arrested a 15-year-old suspect at his home immediately thereafter.

As The Local reported on Sunday, the Friskis & Svettis in Ängelholm wrote on its website that the attack involved a knife and that fellow gym-goers intervened and helped to save the victim's life.

The gym thanked its members and said it would increase its security as a result of the incident.

The 15-year-old remains a suspect and is facing allegations of murder or manslaughter, said police.

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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