https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Sweden in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed An attempted murder investigation has been launched after an explosive object was thrown at an apartment in Gothenburg. https://www.thelocal.se/20170919/police-launch-attempted-murder-investigation-after-explosive-object-is-thrown-at-gothenburg-apartment Tue, 19 Sep 2017 10:04:10 +0200 police-launch-attempted-murder-investigation-after-explosive-object-is-thrown-at-gothenburg-apartment Suspected gangland shootings have marked the start of the weekend in the Swedish cities of Malmö and Gothenburg, with victims left seriously wounded in both cities. https://www.thelocal.se/20161126/gangland-shooting-kick-off-weekend-in-malm-and-gothenburg Sat, 26 Nov 2016 18:47:16 +0100 gangland-shooting-kick-off-weekend-in-malm-and-gothenburg Swedish police are investigating an explosion at an apartment in the Biskopsgården suburb of Gothenburg just two weeks after an eight-year-old boy was killed when a hand grenade was thrown into a building in the same area. https://www.thelocal.se/20160906/police-investigate-new-blast-in-gothenburg-suburb Tue, 06 Sep 2016 09:58:51 +0200 police-investigate-new-blast-in-gothenburg-suburb UPDATED: Almost 200 people paid their respects at the funeral of an eight-year-old boy killed in a Gothenburg grenade attack. But police told The Local they have yet to make any arrests in the case. https://www.thelocal.se/20160829/no-arrests-after-boys-death-in-gothenburg-grenade-attack Mon, 29 Aug 2016 16:16:48 +0200 no-arrests-after-boys-death-in-gothenburg-grenade-attack Is escalating gang crime behind the death of an eight-year-old boy in a Gothenburg suburb? The Local spoke to criminology professor Jerzy Sarnecki and organized crime expert Amir Rostami for their thoughts. https://www.thelocal.se/20160823/what-happened-in-gothenburg-is-part-of-a-cycle-of-violence-sweden-biskopsgarden Tue, 23 Aug 2016 14:54:53 +0200 what-happened-in-gothenburg-is-part-of-a-cycle-of-violence-sweden-biskopsgarden Residents have reacted with grief and anxiety to the murder of an eight-year-old boy who was killed when a hand grenade was thrown into a Gothenburg apartment on Monday. https://www.thelocal.se/20160823/sorrow-for-boy-killed-in-gothenburg-gang-attack Tue, 23 Aug 2016 11:33:51 +0200 sorrow-for-boy-killed-in-gothenburg-gang-attack UPDATED: Police are investigating if an explosion which killed a child in Gothenburg suburb Biskopsgården on Monday morning is a revenge attack. https://www.thelocal.se/20160822/child-dies-in-swedish-apartment-explosion Mon, 22 Aug 2016 09:52:20 +0200 child-dies-in-swedish-apartment-explosion Two men involved in one of the most high-profile shootings in Sweden in recent years have been sentenced to life in jail. https://www.thelocal.se/20160808/gothenburg-restaurant-shooting-biskopsgarden Mon, 08 Aug 2016 13:28:47 +0200 gothenburg-restaurant-shooting-biskopsgarden UPDATED: The trial into one of the most high-profile shootings in Sweden in recent years got under way on Monday. https://www.thelocal.se/20160516/gothenburg-restaurant-shooting-trial-begins Mon, 16 May 2016 09:01:59 +0200 gothenburg-restaurant-shooting-trial-begins Eight men are to stand trial over an attack at a restaurant in a Gothenburg suburb last spring that left two people dead in one of the most high-profile shootings in Sweden in recent years. https://www.thelocal.se/20160429/eight-charged-over-shooting-at-gothenburg-restaurant Fri, 29 Apr 2016 16:08:19 +0200 eight-charged-over-shooting-at-gothenburg-restaurant Swedish police say one person has been taken to hospital with multiple gunshot wounds after an attack in the Gamlestaden area of Gothenburg on Wednesday morning, just months after several high profile shootings took place in the city in western Sweden. https://www.thelocal.se/20150513/one-injured-after-fresh-shooting-in-gothenburg Wed, 13 May 2015 13:12:00 +0200 one-injured-after-fresh-shooting-in-gothenburg The fatal shooting in Gothenburg on Wednesday happened in a violent area one expert has compared to 'the Wild West'. The Local has quizzed Amir Rostami, a leading authority on Sweden's organized crime groups, who is based at Stockholm University. https://www.thelocal.se/20150319/sweden-has-had-gang-problems-since-1990s Thu, 19 Mar 2015 13:56:03 +0100 sweden-has-had-gang-problems-since-1990s Two men died after being shot in Gothenburg late Wednesday night, with witnesses reporting 20 shots being fired in the fatal shooting. https://www.thelocal.se/20130905/50078 Thu, 05 Sep 2013 09:29:00 +0200 50078 A 40-year-old man has received multiple stab wounds after being attacked with a knife in an apartment in the Gothenburg suburb of Biskopsgården, on Hisingen island, on Monday night. https://www.thelocal.se/20090902/21828 Wed, 02 Sep 2009 11:12:00 +0200 21828