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 man is in critical condition after being stabbed in the stomach on a train between Stockholm and Hallsberg. https://www.thelocal.se/20170423/man-stabbed-on-board-swedish-train Sun, 23 Apr 2017 15:37:44 +0200 man-stabbed-on-board-swedish-train Police have been deluged with emergency calls as a result of the clown menace currently sweeping the nation, with police in southern Sweden receiving 70 such calls in the last 24 hours. https://www.thelocal.se/20161015/sweden-police-overwhelmed-by-clown-emergency Sat, 15 Oct 2016 18:18:46 +0200 sweden-police-overwhelmed-by-clown-emergency A man was shot by police in Malmö city centre on Sunday night after he charged them wielding a knife, according to a witness. https://www.thelocal.se/20160606/swedish-police-shoot-knife-man-in-malm Mon, 06 Jun 2016 19:45:51 +0200 swedish-police-shoot-knife-man-in-malm Police in Sweden have shot and wounded a man after he injured two patients and a nurse in a knife attack at a psychiatric facility in Gothenburg. https://www.thelocal.se/20151226/police-shoot-knife-attacker-at-mental-ward Sat, 26 Dec 2015 17:43:36 +0100 police-shoot-knife-attacker-at-mental-ward A man with a large knife in his backpack was surprised to learn the weapon had passed through airport security checks at two Swedish airports without being detected. https://www.thelocal.se/20131125/man-with-knife-boards-plane-undetected-twice Mon, 25 Nov 2013 09:20:00 +0100 man-with-knife-boards-plane-undetected-twice A Stockholm woman was arrested on Thursday for stealing a knife and pulling it on nightclub patrons after she decided the DJ was not playing enough synth. https://www.thelocal.se/20131108/woman-pulls-knife-after-club-plays-too-much-synth Fri, 08 Nov 2013 12:20:00 +0100 woman-pulls-knife-after-club-plays-too-much-synth A Swedish woman was found dead in her Oslo home together with a seriously injured man in the early hours of Tuesday, with Norwegian police arresting two men and on the hunt for more suspects. https://www.thelocal.se/20130430/47642 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 16:47:00 +0200 47642 A 23-year-old man has been sentenced to three years in prison for brutally attacking and stabbing a Gothenburg cab driver when it was time to pay the bill. https://www.thelocal.se/20120908/43100 Sat, 08 Sep 2012 12:29:00 +0200 43100 A Stockholm-area professor charged with cutting off and eating his wife's lower lip has told investigators he planned to kill himself after the attack and that the decision to eat his wife's lip was made "spontaneously". https://www.thelocal.se/20120626/41650 Tue, 26 Jun 2012 10:52:00 +0200 41650 A prominent researcher at Sweden's Karolinska Instiutet is in custody for having cut off his wife's lips with a knife and then eating them. https://www.thelocal.se/20120530/41150 Thu, 31 May 2012 01:19:00 +0200 41150 Police in central Sweden were called in when a knife-wielding six-year-old began threatening two girls in a street fight on Tuesday evening. https://www.thelocal.se/20120502/40576 Wed, 02 May 2012 08:40:00 +0200 40576 A Swedish man who stabbed his girlfriend in the chest on Sunday night, causing her silicone implants to rupture and leak out, has been arrested by police. https://www.thelocal.se/20120430/40546 Mon, 30 Apr 2012 09:58:00 +0200 40546 One man is dead and another seriously injured after an argument in a homeless shelter in Stockholm turned into a knife fight late on Tuesday night. https://www.thelocal.se/20120411/40188 Wed, 11 Apr 2012 09:30:00 +0200 40188 A 12-year-old boy attacked a police officer with a knife in the Stockholm suburb of Rinkeby on Tuesday, sparking a brawl that sent two officers to hospital. https://www.thelocal.se/20120215/39114 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 08:06:00 +0100 39114 A 20-year-old woman had the word “whore” carved into her arm in connection with a knife attack in Landskrona in southern Sweden. https://www.thelocal.se/20120206/38938 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:46:00 +0100 38938 The woman found dead from stab wounds over the weekend in the Stockholm area was discovered by her next door neighbour who alerted the police after being called to the scene by the woman's boyfriend. https://www.thelocal.se/20120130/38804 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:13:00 +0100 38804 A woman was found dead late Saturday night, in a summer residence area in Österåker, just north-east of Stockholm. A man has been arrested, suspected of stabbing the woman to death with a knife. https://www.thelocal.se/20120129/38786 Sun, 29 Jan 2012 12:11:00 +0100 38786 An 11-year-old boy has been brought in by police in connection with a series of knife point robberies in Malmö. Victims were unaccompanied women, and police believe that a gang of boys aged between 11 and 13 are responsible for the attacks. https://www.thelocal.se/20120120/38620 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:53:00 +0100 38620 Two people were arrested Monday afternoon following the stabbing of a 19-year-old man in connection with a fight at a high school in southern Sweden. https://www.thelocal.se/20111213/37898 Tue, 13 Dec 2011 08:31:00 +0100 37898 Police have detained a 28-year-old man on suspicion of having stabbed two 20-year-old women Thursday night in the north Stockholm suburb of Hässelby. https://www.thelocal.se/20110729/35228 Fri, 29 Jul 2011 10:05:00 +0200 35228