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Two arrested in Poland for ‘brutal’ farm killings

Two people wanted for the brutal slaying of an elderly farming couple outside of Alingsås in western Sweden have been arrested in Poland.

Published: 17 November 2011 11:15 CET
Two arrested in Poland for 'brutal' farm killings

The two men were arrested on Wednesday night by Polish police, according to a statement from police in Gothenburg.

The two men have long figured in the investigation of the October 19th killings of 69-year-old dairy farmer Torgny Antby and his 71-year-old wife Inger on their dairy farm in Långared outside of Alingsås.

An arrest warrant was issued for them on November 7th.

The couple was set to participate in a choir performance at a care home that day but failed to turn up. A group of friends and neighbours went to the couple’s farm and called police after discovering Torgny Antby’s body in a barn.

His wife’s body was later discovered in the couple’s house by police.

According to prosecutors, Torgny was killed after being repeatedly struck in the head with a hard object, while Inger died of strangulation. 

Both victims had been tied up and had tape wrapped around their heads and faces.

The two suspects are also believed to have stolen a safe from the couple’s home.

Two other men who had previously been held during the investigation’s early stages on suspicion of carrying out the double murder have since been excluded from the ongoing probe.

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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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