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Arrest in Eskilstuna murder case

A 62-year-old man was found dead in his apartment in Eskilstuna in central Sweden on Friday. A 54-year-old was on Saturday arrested on suspicion of his murder.

Published: 7 March 2009 14:07 CET

Police were unwilling to confirm if the suspect was a man or a woman.

Svante Melin at Södermanland police confirmed to TT on Saturday afternoon that the suspect is in custody and will be examined by a medical examiner later today.

The suspect, who has no previous criminal record was collected from their home in central Eskilstuna, near the suburb of Nyfors were the murdered man was found.

The dead man lived alone in his apartment in the town, south-west of Stockholm. He was found dead on Friday evening by a female acquaintance, who has a key to the residence.

When the man’s body was subjected to medical examination suspicions were aroused over foul play, Melin confirmed.

It is not however yet been confirmed exactly when the man died.

“But probably on one of the last few days,” Melin said.

The 62-year-old man’s body will be transported to the medical examiner’s office in Solna for tests and an autopsy on Monday or Tuesday.

Svante Melin confirmed that the 62-year-old is not previously known to police for any prior offence or criminal connection.

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Nordic justice ministers meet tech giants on gangs using apps to hire ‘child soldiers’

The justice ministers of Denmark, Sweden and Norway are to meet representatives of the tech giants Google, Meta, Snapchat and TikTok, to discuss how to stop their platforms being used by gang criminals in the region.

Published: 20 September 2024 10:31 CEST
Nordic justice ministers meet tech giants on gangs using apps to hire 'child soldiers'

Denmark’s justice minister, Peter Hummelgaard, said in a press release that he hoped to use the meeting on Friday afternoon to discuss how to stop social media and messaging apps being used by gang criminals, who Danish police revealed earlier this year were using them to recruit so-called “child soldiers” to carry out gang killings.  

“We have seen many examples of how the gangs are using social media and encrypted messaging services to plan serious crimes and recruit very young people to do their dirty work,” Hummelgaard said. “My Nordic colleagues and I agree that a common front is needed to get a grip on this problem.”

As well as recruitment, lists have been found spreading on social media detailing the payments on offer for various criminal services.   

Hummelgaard said he would “insist that the tech giants live up to their responsibilities so that their platforms do not act as hotbeds for serious crimes” at the meeting, which will take place at a summit of Nordic justice ministers in Uppsala, Sweden.

In August, Hummelgaard held a meeting in Copenhagen with Sweden’s justice minister, Gunnar Strömmer, at which the two agreed to work harder to tackle cross-border organised crime, which has seen a series of Swedish youth arrested in Denmark after being recruited to carry out hits in the country. 

According to a press release from the Swedish justice ministry, the morning will be spent discussing how to combat the criminal economy and particularly organised crime in ports, with a press release from Finland’s justice ministry adding that the discussion would also touch on the “undue influence on judicial authorities” from organised crime groups. 

The day will end with a round table discussion with Ronald S Lauder, president of the World Jewish Congress, on how anti-Semitism and hate crimes against Jews can be prevented and fought in the Nordic region. 

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