On Saturday evening, a 28 year old man commited suicide on Bryggaregatan in central Stockholm by triggering an explosive device that was strapped to his body, as reported by all major news outlets in Sweden. Read the full story

According to Dagens Nyheter, police in Malmo announced yesterday that suspicion towards the 38 year old accused of the shootings in Malmo over the last year has strengthened. Read the full story

In a statistical revelation the investigative news programme Kalla Fakta brands as shocking, journalists have determined that around 95 percent of robberies and violent crimes in Sweden are never solved. It also reported that the average police officer solves three crimes per year.

The Local newspaper reports that one in seven Swedes was a victim of crime in 2007. Robberies and violent crimes made up 75 percent of all reported crimes in Sweden last year, which added up to around 900,000. Police managed to solve 5.8 percent of them.

Bengt Svenson, the national police chief, defended his department saying: “There is often very little of value to work with. When it comes to theft, there are no witnesses, and victims often don’t know Read the full story