03 September 06.55, Summary evening and night, Västra Götaland County

Published: September 03 2025

The press spokesperson is on site. Below follows a selection of the night's events.

05:39, Fire – Gothenburg
Alarm received via SOS regarding a burning car in Bergsjön. This is at a parking lot near a sports field in Gärdsås. It is currently unclear how the fire started. The fire is not believed to have spread from the car. Police are filing a report regarding damage caused by fire. 

02:04, Traffic Accident – Gothenburg
Alarm received regarding a car that drove recklessly into a parking house at Heden. The car in question is believed to have driven into at least one other car before continuing. Police have been on the scene and a report has been filed regarding fleeing the scene of a traffic accident.

23:40, Theft through Break-in – Skövde
Police are alerted regarding a break-in at a service shop in central Skövde. A man is believed to have been seen leaving the scene. Police quickly arrive on the scene and can secure a suspected perpetrator who is a man in his 40s. The suspect is believed to have smashed the shop window with some kind of blunt object. He is also suspected of attempting to break into a video shop nearby. The man is arrested suspected of theft through break-in and attempted theft through break-in. 

22:03, Assault – Gothenburg
Police are alerted to Otterhällan after a report of a man being assaulted by several men. The men are believed to have left the scene. The victim is believed to have received blows and kicks and is taken to the hospital by ambulance. Police interview witnesses and can later locate three suspected perpetrators in central Angered based on descriptions and further investigative measures. Two of them are arrested suspected of aggravated assault. The third is taken in for questioning and arrested after that.

Assault – Trollhättan
Police are alerted to a residential building in the evening after a report of some kind of disturbance between a man and a woman. When they locate the relevant apartment, they meet a woman who claims to have been hit with punches by a man who has left the scene. Further investigative measures make it possible to quickly secure the suspected perpetrator. Both the suspect and the victim are in their 20s and have a relationship with each other. The man is arrested suspected of assault.

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