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Al Arabiya
6 days ago
- Al Arabiya
Swedish police suspect shots were fired near mosque in Orebro
Swedish police suspect that shots have been fired near a mosque in the city of Orebro west of Stockholm, they said in a statement on Friday. Developing
Yahoo
04-07-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Turkey arrests one of Sweden's most-wanted suspected gang leaders
By Johan Ahlander and Ezgi Erkoyun STOCKHOLM/ISTANBUL (Reuters) -One of Sweden's most-wanted suspected gang leaders was taken into custody in Turkey on Friday during a raid on suspected drug traffickers, in what Swedish police described as a major success in the battle against organised crime. "The arrest is the result of targeted work over time between the Turkish and Swedish judicial systems," Swedish police said in a statement. The statement did not identify the suspect, but a Swedish police source and Turkey's TRT Haber state television broadcaster said he was Ismail Abdo, 35, a Swedish-Turkish dual citizen. More than 12 people have been killed in Sweden since 2023, including Abdo's mother, in what police have described as a gang war between Abdo and a former ally. TRT Haber reported that Abdo was among 19 suspects detained as part of a major investigation into organised criminal groups involved in international drug trafficking and money laundering. Authorities also seized assets worth around 1.5 billion Turkish lira ($38 million). Arrest warrants were issued for a further 21 suspects, with four still at large, 14 believed to be abroad and three already in custody on other charges. In Sweden, the capture of Abdo will provide a major boost for the police and for the right-wing government, which won the 2022 election on a promise to stop a gang crime wave that has plagued the country for over a decade.
Al Arabiya
20-06-2025
- Al Arabiya
Tram derails and crashes into pizzeria in Sweden, injuring several
A tram derailed and crashed into a pizzeria in southwestern Sweden late on Thursday, injuring several people, Swedish police said. It was not immediately clear how many had been injured, Swedish police said in a statement.
Reuters
20-06-2025
- Reuters
Tram derails and crashes into pizzeria in Sweden, injuring several
COPENHAGEN, June 20 (Reuters) - A tram derailed and crashed into a pizzeria in southwestern Sweden late on Thursday, injuring several people, Swedish police said. It was not immediately clear how many had been injured, Swedish police said in a statement.
Russia Today
17-06-2025
- Politics
- Russia Today
Drone targets Russian trade mission in NATO state
An unidentified drone targeted the Russian trade mission in Sweden in an act of vandalism on Tuesday, Moscow's embassy in Stockholm has said, while accusing Swedish authorities of systematic inaction. Russia's diplomatic mission in Sweden has reportedly been subject to more than a dozen such attacks over the past year. Sometime overnight on Tuesday, a drone flew over the trade mission premises and dropped a bag of paint at its entrance, the embassy said in a statement later in the day. The 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations protects the trade mission just as much as other Russian diplomatic buildings in Sweden, the embassy pointed out. Under the convention, Stockholm has a responsibility to 'ensure the inviolability' of the facilities, it added. The incident follows 'a series of similar recent attacks on the premises of Russia's diplomatic mission in Sweden, threatening the safety of its employees and damaging the property of the mission,' the embassy stressed. Sweden's authorities have once again failed to comply with their international legal obligations. After a drone dropped a glass container full of paint on the Russian Embassy in Stockholm last month, diplomats noted that numerous appeals to the Swedish police had failed to stop the incidents. The building has been attacked at least 15 times since last May, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said in a statement following the latest incident, urging Stockholm to 'tame its ultras [radicals].' Russian diplomatic buildings have been subject to frequent acts of vandalism and harassment since the escalation of the Ukraine conflict in 2022. In February, two pro-Ukraine activists in France were sentenced to eight months of home arrest after they threw three improvised bombs filled with liquid nitrogen at the Russian consulate in Marseilles. Moscow condemned the punishment as far too lenient for an 'attempt to commit a terrorist act.'
