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Two carjacking incidents in different areas of Stockholm

Two carjacking incidents took place within a short space of time in different areas of Stockholm on Saturday morning.

Published: 21 October 2017 13:35 CEST
Two carjacking incidents in different areas of Stockholm
File photo: Stina Stjernkvist/TT

A black BMW was carjacked by two people in the Ulriksdal area in Solna, north of Stockholm, on Saturday morning.

The woman who was driving the car was not injured during the crime, which took place just after 9am, reports news agency TT.

Police are now searching for the stolen vehicle, which is said to be damaged at the back, according to the report.

Prior to the theft of the BMW, two people attempted to steal a car in Stockholm’s Västertorp district.

That incident happened at around 8:30am.

During the attempted theft, the two suspects approached a parked car and and asked for directions before trying to pull the driver out.

The motorist was able to drive away from the scene.

Police do not suspect any connection between the two incidents.

“They are quite close to each other in time and the two sites are far apart, so we do not think it is the same people,” Stockholm Police press spokesperson Anna Westberg told TT.

READ ALSO: Thieves steal 11 cars in one go from Stockholm dealership

STRIKES

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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