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 A young woman was seriously injured Saturday by a blast in southern Sweden, police said, describing it as deliberate as the country battles an increase in criminal use of explosives. https://www.thelocal.se/20190915/one-hurt-as-blast-rocks-southern-swedish-city Sun, 15 Sep 2019 10:57:50 +0200 one-hurt-as-blast-rocks-southern-swedish-city As much as 15-20 kilos of industrial explosives – placed in a cargo bike – was used to carry out the bomb attack in Linköping in June, making it up to almost 40 times as big as charges used in recent attacks in Malmö. https://www.thelocal.se/20190823/linkoping-bomb-up-to-40-times-as-big-as-recent-malmo-blasts Fri, 23 Aug 2019 10:50:20 +0200 linkoping-bomb-up-to-40-times-as-big-as-recent-malmo-blasts Two Swedish citizens are suspected in connection with last week’s explosion at the Danish Tax Agency. One of the two is in police custody. https://www.thelocal.se/20190814/denmark-suspects-two-swedes-over-explosions-at-tax-authority Wed, 14 Aug 2019 14:05:21 +0200 denmark-suspects-two-swedes-over-explosions-at-tax-authority The 44-year-old man who threatened to detonate a bomb at Malmö's Central Station is likely to be found guilty of aggravated illegal threats and violence against a public official, Malmö District Court said on Tuesday. He will now be sent for a psychiatric examination. https://www.thelocal.se/20190807/man-on-trial-for-malm-bomb-threat-sent-for-psychiatric-exam Wed, 07 Aug 2019 09:53:10 +0200 man-on-trial-for-malm-bomb-threat-sent-for-psychiatric-exam Hopes that a new policing strategy had brought Malmö's problems with gang crime under control took a knock this month when three explosions rocked the city in just 24 hours. But how does this year's violence compare to earlier years? Here are five things you should know. https://www.thelocal.se/20190617/five-things-you-should-know-about-malms-wave-of-explosions Mon, 17 Jun 2019 11:46:00 +0200 five-things-you-should-know-about-malms-wave-of-explosions The number of attacks with explosives has increased significantly so far this year, according to the latest official figures, with 93 attacks up until the end of May. https://www.thelocal.se/20190616/number-of-bomb-attacks-in-sweden-up-sharply-this-year Sun, 16 Jun 2019 13:35:07 +0200 number-of-bomb-attacks-in-sweden-up-sharply-this-year An appeals court in Sweden has freed the last of three men arrested last May on suspicion of planning a terror attack, judging it could not be proven he had decided to carry it out. https://www.thelocal.se/20190612/swedish-court-frees-uzbek-accused-of-planning-bomb-attack Wed, 12 Jun 2019 13:56:38 +0200 swedish-court-frees-uzbek-accused-of-planning-bomb-attack UPDATED: The main police station in the Swedish city of Linköping was on Wednesday cordoned off after a suspicious object was found placed by the entrance, but police were later able to confirm it did not contain explosives. https://www.thelocal.se/20190612/suspected-bomb-found-at-linkping-police-station Wed, 12 Jun 2019 10:22:09 +0200 suspected-bomb-found-at-linkping-police-station An apartment building in Gothenburg was evacuated by police on Tuesday morning after a suspected bomb was found in a crawl space underneath it. https://www.thelocal.se/20180410/police-detonate-suspected-bomb-found-under-gothenburg-apartments Tue, 10 Apr 2018 18:03:01 +0200 police-detonate-suspected-bomb-found-under-gothenburg-apartments Skavsta airport was evacuated at lunchtime on Wednesday following a scare over a suspected explosive device in a bag, which turned out not to be dangerous. https://www.thelocal.se/20171101/skavsta-airport-evacuated-over-bomb-scare Wed, 01 Nov 2017 14:30:26 +0100 skavsta-airport-evacuated-over-bomb-scare A naval mine from the 1930s found near a popular swimming spot on a Stockholm island still contained explosives, the Swedish Armed Forces has revealed. https://www.thelocal.se/20170310/mine-found-near-stockholm-swimming-spot-contained-explosives Fri, 10 Mar 2017 08:25:18 +0100 mine-found-near-stockholm-swimming-spot-contained-explosives An 86-year-old mine has been found near an island in the southern part of Stockholm’s archipelago, not far from a sandy beach where revellers swim in the summer time. https://www.thelocal.se/20170306/1930s-naval-mine-found-near-swimming-spot-in-stockholm-archipelago Mon, 06 Mar 2017 08:29:04 +0100 1930s-naval-mine-found-near-swimming-spot-in-stockholm-archipelago Police bomb technicians are investigating a suspicious object found inside a bin in the centre of a Stockholm suburb. https://www.thelocal.se/20170227/police-bomb-squad-investigates-suspicious-object-found-at-stockholm-square Mon, 27 Feb 2017 10:47:14 +0100 police-bomb-squad-investigates-suspicious-object-found-at-stockholm-square A car owned by a police chief working in Swedish university city Uppsala exploded outside the man's house in Stockholm during the early hours of Monday morning. https://www.thelocal.se/20170206/probe-launched-into-stockholm-police-car-explosion Mon, 06 Feb 2017 10:56:44 +0100 probe-launched-into-stockholm-police-car-explosion A suspected bomb on a bus in Uppsala turned out to be a bicycle helmet. https://www.thelocal.se/20160929/homemade-bomb-on-bus-in-sweden-was-bike-helmet Thu, 29 Sep 2016 10:28:11 +0200 homemade-bomb-on-bus-in-sweden-was-bike-helmet UPDATED: Two men arrested after a bomb threat was made against a home for refugees in Boden, northern Sweden, have been released. https://www.thelocal.se/20160923/two-arrested-for-bomb-threat-on-swedish-refugee-home Fri, 23 Sep 2016 10:03:15 +0200 two-arrested-for-bomb-threat-on-swedish-refugee-home Two SAS flights en route to Brussels from Norway and Sweden were subject to bomb threats on Wednesday night, the Scandinavian airline has confirmed. https://www.thelocal.se/20160811/two-scandinavian-flights-to-brussels-receive-bomb-threats Thu, 11 Aug 2016 11:21:54 +0200 two-scandinavian-flights-to-brussels-receive-bomb-threats UPDATED: Police in Stockholm have confirmed that a suspicious package found at a social services office in the south of the city was not dangerous. https://www.thelocal.se/20160708/suspicious-package-found-in-southern-stockholm Fri, 08 Jul 2016 11:13:42 +0200 suspicious-package-found-in-southern-stockholm Swedish authorities closed the Allum shopping mall in Partille outside Gothenburg on Sunday after receiving 'credible' information about a possible bomb. https://www.thelocal.se/20160221/bomb-threat-closes-swedish-shopping-mall Sun, 21 Feb 2016 19:35:46 +0100 bomb-threat-closes-swedish-shopping-mall Police were alerted after the British International School of Stockholm received its second threat in a week on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.se/20160126/new-hoax-threat-at-expat-school-in-stockholm Tue, 26 Jan 2016 16:00:13 +0100 new-hoax-threat-at-expat-school-in-stockholm