The police are working on two operations in Norrköping during the night towards Monday. At 11:09 p.m., an alarm was raised about an explosion in an apartment building.
"We have just completed a search of the stairwell and knocked on all the doors. We have not found anyone injured and now our full focus is on gathering information about what exploded," says Martina Gradian shortly after midnight.
The National Bomb Squad has been called to the scene and residents of the building have been evacuated to their apartments. The incident is being investigated as public destruction and a violation of the Act on Flammable and Explosive Goods.
“The world’s bang”
"My partner and I had gone to bed. Then all of a sudden we heard the world crash," a neighbor tells Aftonbladet .
A little earlier in the evening, at 10:34 p.m., an alarm was raised about a suspected dangerous object in a residential area outside the city.
We encounter an object that is suspected to be dangerous and we have contained four single-family homes, says Martina Gradian.
Police worked after midnight to investigate the object. The case is classified as a serious violation of the Flammable and Explosive Goods Act.
Investigating connection
On Sunday night, another explosion occurred at an apartment building in the city, damaging cars and the building. A man in his 70s told police he was in pain and was taken to hospital, but his injuries were not reported to be serious.
"We are obviously investigating whether the explosions are related," says Martina Gradian.
