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Perth Now
05-05-2025
- Science
- Perth Now
Urine being used to make eco-friendly beer
Urine is being used to make eco-friendly beer. Researchers at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) collected 20,000 litres of the watery fluid from portaloos set up for the Walpurgis Night celebrations - an annual Christian event celebrated on April 30 and the night of May 1. The gallons of urine were taken to SLU, where 95 per cent of the water was removed so it could be turned into a concentrate before a research firm converts it into a fertiliser that can be used on 1.5 hectares of arable land. And in 2027, beer lovers will be able to drink the beer made from the malting barley grown on the land fertilised with the Walpurgis Night celebrations attendees' urine. Björn Vinnerås, professor of cycle technology at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, said: "The urine we collected a year ago was used three weeks ago, on a field on Gotland where malting barley is grown. "This corresponds to approximately three football fields, which is not much from an agricultural perspective, but it's a start."
Epoch Times
03-05-2025
- Epoch Times
Swedish Police Detain 16-Year Old Murder Suspect Over Uppsala Shootings
STOCKHOLM—Swedish police detained a 16-year-old early on Wednesday on suspicion of murdering three people in a hair salon in the city of Uppsala, prosecutors said. The victims, aged 15–20, were shot dead late on Tuesday afternoon just as Uppsala, a university town 40 minutes north of Stockholm, was gearing up for Walpurgis Night, one of the busiest holidays in the city. 'An intensive investigation is underway. We are now gathering information and the police are conducting door-to-door inquiries and interviewing witnesses,' the Swedish Prosecution Authority said in a statement. 'In addition, mobile phones and other material that has been seized are being analysed.' Police told a news conference that it was too early to say if the shooting was gang-related, but that it was one of the theories they were pursuing 'particularly intensively.' They said the victims were all 15–20 years old but declined to give more information about them, saying they had not been conclusively identified yet. Related Stories 4/28/2025 4/30/2025 Sweden's legal system ranks detentions according to the level of evidence authorities believe they hold against a suspect, and the 16-year-old had been detained under the highest level, the Prosecution Authority said. Court documents, heavily redacted due to the suspect's young age, showed a person had been arrested on Wednesday, just after midnight. The court-appointed lawyer for the suspect did not immediately respond to requests for comment. 'Regardless of what is behind it, it is a violence that no decent society can accept and must stop,' Minister of Justice Gunnar Strommer told a news conference on Wednesday. 'We will not slow down in this work,' he said. Police said the incident was believed to be 'an isolated event' and not linked to extensive celebrations expected for Walpurgis Night, a festive occasion where families and students gather around bonfires to celebrate spring.
Yahoo
30-04-2025
- Yahoo
Swedish teenager arrested after three shot dead at hair salon
A teenager has been arrested after three people were shot dead in a hair salon in Uppsala, Sweden. The victims, aged between 15 and 20, were killed on Tuesday afternoon in the university city, north of Stockholm. A 16-year-old Swedish suspect was arrested on suspicion of murder at his home at midnight, said Andreas Nyberg, a state prosecutor. Detectives were 'particularly intensively' investigating the theory that the killings were gang-related but said it was too early to draw conclusions. Police added that the incident was believed to be 'an isolated event' and not linked to celebrations of Walpurgis Night – a northern European and Scandinavian festival where families and students gather around bonfires to welcome spring. The identities of the victims have not been disclosed. One of the alleged murder victims was said to have been investigated by police over a planned attack on a relative of Ismail Abdo, a notorious local gang leader, but not charged. The shootings occurred on the day Europol, the EU law enforcement body, announced a special taskforce against organised crime groups in Sweden and neighbouring countries. Its aim is to prevent the recruitment of children as hitmen and drug mules. In only four months, 25 people have been shot dead in an epidemic of gun violence in a country that has 2.5 times more gun deaths than the EU average. The Swedish Prosecution Authority said in a statement: 'An intensive investigation is underway. 'We are now gathering information and the police are conducting door-to-door inquiries and interviewing witnesses. 'In addition, mobile phones and other material that has been seized are being analysed.' Gunnar Strommer, Sweden's minister of justice, said: 'Regardless of what is behind it, it is a violence that no decent society can accept and must stop. 'We will not slow down in this work.' A witness to the shooting told TV4, a television channel: 'Everything happened so fast. It just went bang, bang, bang.' Another man said he was cooking at home when he heard 'two bangs that sounded a bit like fireworks' going off outside on the street. He told Swedish television he was 'very surprised and scared' and shortly after 'swarms of police and ambulances' blocked off the street and told people to move back. The attacks came less than two weeks after a Swedish schoolboy was arrested in Australia after allegedly trying to hire hitmen to carry out contract killings. The 15 year-old is said to have offered one assassin £15,600 and a gun to commit a murder in Denmark. The teenager, who cannot be identified because of his age, was apprehended while living with his extended family in Sydney. The boy is suspected of recruiting the hitmen through an encrypted messaging device on behalf of a 'transnational crime syndicate' operating in Scandinavia. Broaden your horizons with award-winning British journalism. Try The Telegraph free for 1 month with unlimited access to our award-winning website, exclusive app, money-saving offers and more.
Telegraph
30-04-2025
- Telegraph
Swedish teenager arrested after three shot dead at hair salon
A teenager has been arrested after three people were shot dead in a hair salon in Uppsala, Sweden. The victims, aged between 15 and 20, were killed on Tuesday afternoon in the university city, north of Stockholm. A 16-year-old Swedish suspect was arrested on suspicion of murder at his home at midnight, said Andreas Nyberg, a state prosecutor. Detectives were 'particularly intensively' investigating the theory that the killings were gang-related but said it was too early to draw conclusions. Police added that the incident was believed to be 'an isolated event' and not linked to celebrations of Walpurgis Night – a northern European and Scandinavian festival where families and students gather around bonfires to welcome spring. The identities of the victims have not been disclosed. One of the alleged murder victims was said to have been investigated by police over a planned attack on a relative of Ismail Abdo, a notorious local gang leader, but not charged. Gun violence epidemic The shootings occurred on the day Europol, the EU law enforcement body, announced a special taskforce against organised crime groups in Sweden and neighbouring countries. Its aim is to prevent the recruitment of children as hitmen and drug mules. In only four months, 25 people have been shot dead in an epidemic of gun violence in a country that has 2.5 times more gun deaths than the EU average. The Swedish Prosecution Authority said in a statement: 'An intensive investigation is underway. 'We are now gathering information and the police are conducting door-to-door inquiries and interviewing witnesses. 'In addition, mobile phones and other material that has been seized are being analysed.' Gunnar Strommer, Sweden's minister of justice, said: 'Regardless of what is behind it, it is a violence that no decent society can accept and must stop. 'We will not slow down in this work.'
Irish Times
30-04-2025
- Irish Times
Teen (16) detained by Swedish police following fatal shooting of three in Uppsala
Swedish police detained a 16-year-old early on Wednesday on suspicion of murdering three people in a hair salon in the city of Uppsala, prosecutors said. The victims, aged 15 to 20, were shot dead late on Tuesday afternoon just as Uppsala, a university town 40 minutes north of Stockholm, was gearing up for Walpurgis Night, one of the busiest holidays in the city. 'An intensive investigation is underway. We are now gathering information and the police are conducting door-to-door inquiries and interviewing witnesses,' the Swedish Prosecution Authority said in a statement. 'In addition, mobile phones and other material that has been seized are being analysed.' READ MORE Police told a news conference that it was too early to say if the shooting was gang related, but it was one of the theories they were pursuing 'particularly intensively'. They said the victims were all 15-20 years old but declined to give more information about them, saying they had not been conclusively identified yet. Sweden's legal system ranks detentions according to the level of evidence authorities believe they hold against a suspect, and the 16-year-old had been detained under the highest level, the Prosecution Authority said. Court documents, heavily redacted due to the suspect's young age, showed a person had been arrested on Wednesday, just after midnight. The court-appointed lawyer for the suspect did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Sweden has suffered from a wave of gang-related violence for more than a decade that has included an epidemic of gun violence. Sweden had 2.5 times more gun deaths than the EU average in 2023. So far this year, 25 people have been shot dead in the country of 10.5 million inhabitants. There has been a wave of attacks carried out by minors at the behest of criminal gangs, who exploit the Swedish legal system which carries substantially softer sentences for people under the age of 18. Many gang leaders direct operations from abroad, making it difficult for Swedish police to apprehend those commissioning the killings, though they have made some headway in bringing down the number of shootings. 'Regardless of what is behind it, it is a violence that no decent society can accept and must stop,' Minister of Justice Gunnar Strommer told a news conference on Wednesday. 'We will not slow down in this work,' he said. Police said the incident was believed to be 'an isolated event' and not linked to extensive celebrations expected for Walpurgis Night, a festive occasion where families and students gather around bonfires to celebrate spring. -Reuters
