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Murder suspect crashes victims’ memorial service

A 35-year-old man suspected of a double murder unexpectedly showed up at a memorial service arranged by the family of the victims, both of whom were recovered from a burned out vehicle in western Sweden.

The two charred bodies were found in the trunk of a car on an overpass across the E6 motorway near Getinge outside of Halmstad late in the evening on January 6th.

Only one of the victims has been positively identified, the 25-year-old son of the vehicle’s owner.

The other victim is thought to be a 42-year-old man.

The 35-year-old, who has a warrant out for his arrest on suspicions of murder, came to the memorial service in Värmland in western Sweden and introduced himself as a friend of the victims, TV4 reports.

“He came here, we listened to him and consoled him when he cried,” the 42-year-old’s brother told the local TV4 affiliate.

According to the police, there is a connection between the 42-year-old and the 35-year-old suspect.

Police believe the victims were killed with aggravated violence on a farm between Genarp and Dalby in Lund municipality.

Investigators also suspect that several people were involved in the killings.

A large pile of dirt has been taken from the murder scene, most likely on a trailer, to hide evidence that may have been left at the scene.

The 35-year-old has previously been convicted of several drug and traffic violations. He was also caught by customs officials in mid-September attempting to bring a small amount of cocaine across the Öresund Bridge in a case which has yet to be closed.

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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.

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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