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New shooting in Malmö as campaign hits final week

A man was shot in broad daylight in Malmö on Tuesday night, in a event likely to bring growing gun violence back as an issue in the final week of Sweden's election campaign.

Published: 4 September 2018 20:45 CEST
Updated: 5 September 2018 12:39 CEST
New shooting in Malmö as campaign hits final week
Police arrived at the scene shortly after 7pm. Photo: Johan Nilsson/TT
The man, who is in his 20s, was shot dead in the southern suburb of Hermodsdal at around 7pm, with police receiving the alarm shortly afterwards. 
 
He was taken to hospital in ambulance, but died from his injuries.
 
On Tuesday night, police dogs were searching the area for bullets or discarded weapons, while police were interviewing local residents. No arrests had been made by Wednesday morning.
 
According to Sydsvenskan, witnesses saw a person carrying a weapon, who leapt off a cycle and ran from the scene. 
 
The victim was previously known to police and had been convicted for serious crimes.

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Swedish appeals court throws out Tesla licence plate complaint

A Swedish appeals court rejected Tesla's attempt to force the Transport Agency to provide them with licence plates during an ongoing strike.

Published: 17 May 2024 10:54 CEST
Swedish appeals court throws out Tesla licence plate complaint

The Göta Court of Appeal upheld a decision by the district court to throw out a request by US car manufacturer Tesla to force the Swedish Transport Agency to provide them with licence plates, on the grounds that a general court does not have jurisdiction in this case.

The district court and court of appeal argued that Tesla should instead have taken its complaint to an administrative court (förvaltningsdomstol) rather than a general court (allmän domstol).

According to the rules regulating the Transport Agency’s role in issuing licence plates in Sweden, their decisions should be appealed to an administrative court – a separate part of the court system which tries cases involving a Swedish public authority, rather than criminal cases or disputes between individuals which are tried by the general courts.

The dispute arose after postal service Postnord, in solidarity with a major strike by the Swedish metalworkers’ union, refused to deliver licence plates to Tesla, and the Transport Agency argued it wasn’t their responsibility to get the plates to Tesla in some other way.

The strike against Tesla has been going on for almost seven months.

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