The meeting, where the future of Sollefteå hospital was discussed, had been going on for a few hours when it had to be interrupted due to death threats against responsible politicians and officials.
People would be shot and homes would be burned. It's terrible, said regional councilor Pia Lundin (SJVP) to Tidningen Ångermanland, which was the first to report on the incident.
The threats came in shortly after lunchtime on Tuesday. It is about three letters with "strong threats" linked to the decision to be made about Sollefteå hospital.
It's a general threat that something will happen if a bad decision is made, according to the letter writer. If a, in the letter writer's opinion, good decision is made, nothing will happen. This is a way to influence democracy and we don't want that in society, says preliminary investigation leader Henrik Lassfolk at Härnösand police to the newspaper.
There is no suspect or detainee in the case, writes the police in Västernorrland on their website on Wednesday.
During the day, work began on securing potential fingerprints on the letters.
A police report on unlawful threats against a group has been filed.
