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Gothenburg police on hunt for suspected murderer of young man

A 25-year-old man was found dead on Sunday morning in Gothenburg's Klippan district, with police saying they've found evidence the victim was murdered.

Gothenburg police on hunt for suspected murderer of young man
Photo: TT

“There are clear signs that make us suspect that someone has ended the man’s life,”  Gothenburg police spokesman Christer Fuxborg told Swedish news agency TT.

The man was found by passersby on a walkway near the Röda Sten Art Centre on Sunday morning.

According to police sources, there was a party in this area of Klippan on Saturday night, although it remains unclear whether the man attended.

“We are currently tracing back the last hours of the man’s life,” Fuxborg explained.

“It is of high priority that we speak to anyone who spent the evening or night with him.

“We need to find out if he was at the party or if he was in the area for another purpose.”

Initial forensic investigations seem to offer some clues into the case although police do not wish to disclose their findings yet.

There are no suspects at present, TT reported.

The police are interested in speaking to anyone who was in either in Älvsborgsbron or Klippan on Saturday night and may have noticed any suspicious behaviour.

The man was identified by relatives on Sunday morning. He was a Gothenburg resident.
 

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Sweden jails best-selling thriller writer for tax evasion

The Stockholm appeals court sentenced Håkan Nesser, one of Sweden's best-selling contemporary thriller writers, to 18 months' jail for tax evasion on Friday. His wife received the same sentence.

Sweden jails best-selling thriller writer for tax evasion

The court found the couple guilty of not declaring to the tax authorities the transfer of nearly 13 million Swedish kronor ($1.23 million) from companies in Malta between 2013 and 2015.

“We’re in shock and we feel like we’ve been run over by a tank,” Nesser said.

He said he had hired an accountant to manage his financial affairs.

The crime writer was acquitted in the first instance in the spring of 2023.

At the time, the court accepted the author’s argument that the transfers had occurred through ignorance of tax rules.

Nesser has written 48 books that have sold some 20 million copies worldwide.

His first book was published in 1988.

His works, several of which have been adapted for the big screen or for television, have been translated into more than 20 languages.

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