Tag: Eskilstuna

  • This is how gross gang violence has taken root in Sweden  Good morning World

    This is how gross gang violence has taken root in Sweden Good morning World

    Hear a conversation with Christoffer Bohman, former local police area manager in Sollentuna, Järva and Eskilstuna and now active at the “Ideas for Life” Foundation and Michael Tärnfalk, researcher in social work at Uppsala University and the government’s investigator of the sociologist education. Program manager: Jesper LindauBroadcast in Godmorgon world October 1, 2023.

  • Sarah Klang – no longer Sweden’s saddest girl

    Sarah Klang – no longer Sweden’s saddest girl

    The critic Jan Gradvall described her album “Love in the Milky way” as the best Swedish debut album – ever. Her voice has been called “cracking” and her lyrics as written by a 75-year-old with life experience. In short, Sarah Klang, who is releasing her fourth album this autumn, has the East’s praise. And this…

  • Inkorg: Han är en speciell typ av ledare

    Inkorg: Han är en speciell typ av ledare

    Det är mycket att bearbeta Mike Spofford Mitch från Bettendorf, IA Wess nya T-shirt: Just Defer, Baby! Och än en gång är vi iväg, så vi kan lika gärna komma igång. Harold från Eskilstuna, Sverige Hej från Sverige! Jag tillbringade större delen av mitt liv i Wisconsin men nu är jag här i Sverige. Den…

  • The gang war in Eskilstuna: “The honor is gone a long time ago”

    The gang war in Eskilstuna: “The honor is gone a long time ago”

    “Alexander” was shot to death in a parking lot outside his high school. Not even two weeks later, a 25-year-old is murdered in Fröslunda. In between, there was a shooting at the central station. The situation is tense in the criminal world in Eskilstuna, which had the most shootings per inhabitant of all municipalities last…

  • THE WEEK: The acquittal in Södertälje and the first Crown witness tells it himself

    THE WEEK: The acquittal in Södertälje and the first Crown witness tells it himself

    The 17-year-old boy who was sentenced to closed youth care for the murder at the Delta gym in central Stockholm was released at gunpoint on Thursday when he was on his way to the dentist. Now he is wanted. This is the second time in just over two months that a release has taken place…

  • Sweden’s court overturns the ban on Koran-burning protests

    Sweden’s court overturns the ban on Koran-burning protests

    Stockholm – A Swedish court on Tuesday overturned a police proposal to ban two Koran-burning protests, as five suspected Islamists were arrested for planning a “terrorist act” during a similar demonstration. The burning of Islam’s holy book outside the Turkish embassy in Stockholm in January outraged the Muslim world, sparking weeks of protests and calls…

  • The running war – You pay with six |  part 1/5

    The running war – You pay with six | part 1/5

    The running war is an investigative documentary series in five parts about doping, sexual exploitation and suspected murder in the shadow of the sports giants. At home in Eskilstuna, elite runner Dusabimana Kazungu dreams of becoming the best in the world. She goes to a training camp in the runner’s paradise of Iten, in Kenya,…

  • Hear today’s Melodikrysset

    Hear today’s Melodikrysset

    This week’s musical crossword, today directly from Folk och Kultur in Eskilstuna with Anna Charlotta Gunnarson and Annika Jankell. Complete the cross plan and compete for honor and great prizes. Every Saturday at 10.03 you can listen to Melodikrysset in P4.

  • Minnesota United signs Swedish D Mikael Marques

    Minnesota United signs Swedish D Mikael Marques

    Minnesota United FC announced the signing of Swedish defender Mikael Marques on Monday. The 21-year-old comes from AFC Eskilstuna on a three-year contract with a club option until 2026. “Mikael is highly recommended. Several big teams in Sweden, Norway and Denmark became interested, but we got him through a good contact by us who felt…

  • Award-winning Swedish crime reporter Diamant Salihu comments on gang crime: Finland still has good opportunities to focus on prevention

    Award-winning Swedish crime reporter Diamant Salihu comments on gang crime: Finland still has good opportunities to focus on prevention

    His book “Tills alla dör”, published in 2021, received unanimous praise in the Swedish media, and Suomen Svenska Yle described it as a “balanced, strong description of gang wars in Sweden”. In the podcast Röster från Hanaholmen, Salihu reveals why he started following gang-related problems in particular. “Junk crime is a sore spot for society…

  • Function: More Swedes are seeking food aid in the midst of sky-high inflation

    by Patrick Ekstrand, Fu Yiming STOCKHOLM, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) — As food prices continue to rise, more and more people in Sweden, a Nordic country known for its well-developed welfare system, are seeking help with daily food. Since last spring, more and more Swedes have found themselves struggling with sky-high food prices and have seen…

  • Life as an informant for the police

    Life as an informant for the police

    In this week’s P3 Krim, we return to a story about a murder in Årbyskogen in Eskilstuna in August 2018 where police and prosecutors during the investigation revealed the identity of an informant who worked with the police intelligence service. But what the police did not know was that the informant had recorded several of…

  • “Kids shooting kids, how the hell could we end up here?”

    “Kids shooting kids, how the hell could we end up here?”

    On September 17, 2020, 16-year-old “Bisrat” is hanging out with some friends when another guy suddenly approaches, shouts his name and raises a weapon. He is hit by several shots and dies. It should turn out that both “Bisrat” and “Pascal” have been the subject of several targeted social initiatives. Despite this, everything ended in…

  • The gang leader, the car fires and the informant scandal in Eskilstuna

    The gang leader, the car fires and the informant scandal in Eskilstuna

    There is a red light in Eskilstuna right now and during the last two years there have been several shootings where people have been murdered and injured. A handful of networks operate in the area and about fifty individuals are believed to belong to the upper driving strata of organized crime. One of the people…

  • VMA in Eskilstuna municipality, Södermanland county

    VMA in Eskilstuna municipality, Södermanland county

    Rolf Lassgård reads “Events by the water”

  • Nightmare message – the crucifix off for Hammarlund

    Nightmare message – the crucifix off for Hammarlund

    Nightmare message for Pauline Hammarlund. The hurdles player has pulled off the cruciate ligament. It was found after a magnetic camera examination, Häcken confirms on his website. It was in Saturday’s match in the damallsvenskan against Eskilstuna that Hammarlund was forced to step down and on Tuesday the news came. “Right now it feels very…

  • Samer is one of many new entrepreneurs in Eskilstuna

    Samer is one of many new entrepreneurs in Eskilstuna

    New entrepreneurship in Sörmland is increasing more than in the country, and during the first four months of this year, 15 percent more companies were started in Sörmland compared with the same period this year. The largest increase has been in Eskilstuna with almost 40 percent. Many companies that are started are companies in the…

  • 20-year-olds arrested on suspicion of arson have been released

    20-year-olds arrested on suspicion of arson have been released

    The three men in their 20s, who last night were arrested on suspicion of attempted aggravated vandalism in connection with all car fires in Eskilstuna on Sunday evening, were released on Tuesday. According to prosecutor Anna Asklöf, the evidence is not enough to request that they be detained. They are still suspected, but the criminal…

  • Damallsvenska kollen: Häcken turned to victory

    Damallsvenska kollen: Häcken turned to victory

    Häcken turned a disadvantage into a 4-1 victory away against Djurgården in the damallsvenskan. The victory means that Häcken takes second place, five points behind league-leading Rosengård. Sara Olai gave the home team the lead, but in the middle of the second half Häcken scored two quick goals through Pauline Hammarlund and Julia Zigiotti Olme.…

  • The police in Eskilstuna receive reinforcements from other police areas

    The police in Eskilstuna receive reinforcements from other police areas

    The police in Eskilstuna are now receiving reinforcements from other local police areas in the police region East – after Sunday night’s fire attacks in Eskilstuna – where over 20 cars were set on fire. Among other things, this means that more police officers will be seen out on the town, and then mainly with…

  • The police suspect: The car fires in Eskilstuna revenge action against the police

    The police suspect: The car fires in Eskilstuna revenge action against the police

    The three men in Eskilstuna who were arrested on Monday night on suspicion of attempted aggravated vandalism have a connection to a serious criminal who was recently arrested and detained for attempted murder. The police said this at a press conference after the 20 or so car fires that occurred in Eskilstuna in a short…

  • Fire chaos in Eskilstuna – alarm after alarm to the rescue service

    Fire chaos in Eskilstuna – alarm after alarm to the rescue service

    A dozen different fire alarms have come in to the rescue service in Eskilstuna during late Sunday evening. Shortly after 22, the first alarm about a car fire came in the district Skogsängen and after that, alarm after alarm has come in. These are car fire alarms in Bellmansplan, Vitorp, Skiftinge and Fröslunda, among others.…

  • VMA in Eskilstuna in Södermanland County.  •

    VMA in Eskilstuna in Södermanland County. •

    In a televised speech on Saturday night, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel would continue to respond forcefully to Hamas rocket attacks for as long as necessary. Netanyahu also accused Hamas of double war crimes, both for attacking the Israeli civilian population and for using the Palestinian civilian population as human shields. During the…

  • VMA in Eskilstuna in Södermanland County.  •

    VMA in Eskilstuna in Södermanland County. •

    It is burning on Saturday night in an apartment building in Stenby in Eskilstuna. At midnight, the fire was not under control and the rescue service is working to protect nearby houses. Residents have evacuated and according to the rescue service, there should be no one left in the house.

  • Häcken wins the Swedish cup

    Häcken wins the Swedish cup

    Häcken takes home the Swedish Cup after defeating Eskilstuna 3-0 in the final in Gothenburg. After an uneventful first half, Häcken completely took over the game in the second, something that then showed in the goal record. Stina Blackstenius strengthened her Olympic shares by putting 3-0: “Well deserved, she has fought and shows that she…

  • Political scientist on male dominance: “Problems if women do not reach the top”

    Political scientist on male dominance: “Problems if women do not reach the top”

    Political scientist Joakim Johansson at Mälardalen University thinks that it is problematic that three municipalities in Sörmland – Eskilstuna, Nyköping and Gnesta – have never had a woman as chairman of the municipal board. The newspaper Dagens Samhälle came to the conclusion that there are 52 male bastions in the country, ie municipalities that have…

  • E20 reopened after the truck fire

    E20 reopened after the truck fire

    E20 – which was closed between Kungsör and Eskilstuna after a truck fire on Tuesday night – reopened at 01.50 on Wednesday morning, the Swedish Transport Administration states. The truck trailer contained dangerous goods and therefore an area around the site was cordoned off and allowed to burn out. The truck trailer melted into the…

  • VMA in Jakobsberg in Järfälla municipality, Stockholm county.

    VMA in Jakobsberg in Järfälla municipality, Stockholm county.

    During the night between Monday and Tuesday, a truck started burning on the E20 between Kungsör and Eskilstuna at Vallby – Tumbo cross. The truck trailer has melted into the asphalt and it needs to be milled away, which means that the road in the direction of Eskilstuna will be closed for a longer period…

  • VMA in Jakobsberg in Järfälla municipality, Stockholm county.

    VMA in Jakobsberg in Järfälla municipality, Stockholm county.

    The road E20 between Kungsör and Eskilstuna is still closed after a truck fire last night. According to the Swedish Transport Administration, the road will be completely closed until 17:00 today and hopes to be able to open up a lane in the direction of Kungsör. At midnight, it is estimated that you can also…

  • Chaos in traffic after the truck fire

    Chaos in traffic after the truck fire

    There was great chaos on the smaller roads after the E20 was closed on Tuesday morning. Several road users tried to find their way on the smaller roads, which created major problems – the road is estimated to be completely closed for one day and then closed in the direction of Eskilstuna for another day.…

  • Truck fire on E20 affects traffic

    Truck fire on E20 affects traffic

    Due to a truck fire, the E20 between Kungsör – Eskilstuna is closed at Vallby – Tumbo cross. The road is estimated to be completely closed for one day and then closed in the direction of Eskilstuna for another day. Alternative roads are national road 56 and E18 via Köping and traffic junction Västjädra and…

  • Sentenced in Encrochat case released from custody

    Sentenced in Encrochat case released from custody

    A man who was sentenced to prison for a serious weapon crime in the district court has today been released from custody, following a decision by the Svea Court of Appeal. The evidence came from the encrypted Encrochat service. “The Court of Appeal will either reject Encrochat as evidence, or think it is not enough…

  • Two people were found dead in Eskilstuna

    Two people were found dead in Eskilstuna

    Two people were found dead on Sunday afternoon in a home in Eskilstuna, according to the police who received a call about this shortly after 2.30 pm. The deceased are a man and a woman in the upper middle age. The police cannot rule out crime and a preliminary investigation has been launched into causing…