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Five held after armed robbery at Malmö apartment

Police in the Swedish city of Malmö have arrested five men on suspiction of carrying out an armed robbery at an apartment in the district of Rosengård.

Five held after armed robbery at Malmö apartment
Malmö police dispatched a large number of police cars. Photo: Johan Nilsson/TT
Police rushed to the scene after the robbery was reported at around 12pm on Wednesday, arriving in time to catch two of the suspected perpetrators while they were still close to the building. 
 
The woman who lived at the apartment was uninjured, but the man was taken to hospital to have his injuries treated. 
 
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“According to our information, one of the victims was wounded and he has been taken to hospital for a check up so that we can get information on what caused them,” police spokesperson Peter Kjällkvist told state broadcaster SVT
 
A third suspect was seized shortly after the police's arrival and two more have since been arrested. Police have so far not confirmed either what weapon was used or what was stolen.  
 
An anonymous witness, however, told SVT that shots had been fired. “I heard a scream and then later a shot from inside the stairwell,” they said. 
 
Rosengård, in the south of Malmö, is classed as a “specially vulnerable area” by Swedish police. Around 90 percent of residents are first or second generation immigrants. 

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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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