The Local Sweden

'She had dreams': Tributes paid to girl as police vow to bring killers to justice

Mon, 03 Aug 2020 10:15:30 +0200

Police and Swedish decision-makers vowed to do everything to bring the shooters to justice as friends paid tribute to the 12-year-old girl killed south of Stockholm.

Plea for witnesses after 12-year-old girl shot dead in Sweden

Mon, 03 Aug 2020 09:47:16 +0200

Police are appealing for witnesses after a 12-year-old girl was killed in what Swedish media described as a drive-by shooting south of Stockholm.

Working on the front line in Stockholm's vulnerable suburbs

Thu, 30 Nov 2017 12:31:27 +0100

In 2017 eight new areas were added to a much talked about police list of 'especially vulnerable areas' in Sweden, suburbs with socio-economic problems, where crime sometimes means police and emergency services workers have to specially adapt their methods to get the job done.

Police helicopter hunts three armed robbers

Wed, 09 Mar 2016 13:07:20 +0100

Swedish police are hunting for three men who robbed a jewellery store at gunpoint in a Stockholm suburb.

Swede imprisoned for torturing renovators

Tue, 08 Jul 2014 12:04:00 +0200

A man in southern Stockholm was sentenced on Tuesday for torturing a man who renovated his house - because he was dissatisfied with the work.

Youth crime busters to get national reach

Thu, 21 Feb 2013 17:40:00 +0100

Sweden announced on Thursday that pilot projects helping young people stay out of crime had reaped such success that they would be rolled out nationwide.

Jailed after 'accidentally' downloading child porn

Mon, 03 Dec 2012 09:19:00 +0100

A man has been sentenced to ten months in prison for setting up a prostitution website and for downloading child porn, which he claimed he did by accident, according to a report in the Metro newspaper.

Suspect remanded for shooting man in the face

Sun, 02 Dec 2012 11:30:00 +0100

A 26-year-old man was remanded into custody on Saturday on suspicion of attempted murder in connection with an incident in central Stockholm on Tuesday when a man was shot in the face.

Man shot in the face in central Stockholm

Wed, 28 Nov 2012 07:51:00 +0100

A 27-year-old man was shot in the face outside a shop in central Stockholm on Tuesday night in what police believe is a case of attempted murder.

Man gunned down in south Stockholm suburb

Sun, 19 Jun 2011 12:32:00 +0200

A 32-year-old man remains in custody after a fatal shooting Saturday night outside of Stockholm. The police have not ruled out the possibility of others being involved in the murder and continue to question the suspect.

Left-wing activists held over Stockholm car fires

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:50:00 +0100

Stockholm-area police arrested nine left-wing activists on Wednesday in connection with a string of disturbances in the southern suburb of Fittja in Botkyrka.