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Swedish Court Upholds Record Sentence for Teen in Triple Murder Case

The boy shot and killed three people and injured two by gunfire within a 24-hour period in Västberga and Tullinge in the autumn of 2023. The Supreme Court now announces that it will not take up the case for review.

Swedish Court Upholds Record Sentence for Teen in Triple Murder Case

Reinfeldt declines - jumps off the chairmanship election

Fredrik Reinfeldt is rejected for re-election to the chairmanship in the Swedish Football Association. The electoral committee instead proposes that SEF chairman Simon Åström becomes the new chairman.

Reinfeldt declines - jumps off the chairmanship election

Reinfeldt Challenged - He Wants to Become the New Chairman

The Swedish Football Association's chairman Fredrik Reinfeldt gets an opponent candidate at the annual meeting in March. Simon Åström, chairman of Swedish Elite Football, is nominated as a candidate for the chairman post.

Reinfeldt Challenged - He Wants to Become the New Chairman

Leaves the Football Association in Protest: "Spineless"

The lawyer Kerstin Elserth is leaving her assignment in the football association in protest against Sweden's yes to the World Championship in Saudi Arabia. Now it's enough, she says to Fotbollskanalen.

Leaves the Football Association in Protest: "Spineless"

Record-long sentence for 16-year-old triple murderer

The 16-year-old shot and killed three people and shot and injured two within the span of a day last autumn. Now, the triple murderer is sentenced to prison for eleven years and ten months, announces the Svea Court of Appeal.

Record-long sentence for 16-year-old triple murderer

Brothers acquitted of hanging murder

Teenagers, four brothers among them, are acquitted by the Svea Court of Appeal for the murder of a 26-year-old man who was found hanged outside Enköping last year. According to the court, it is not possible to determine how he died or who is responsible.

Brothers acquitted of hanging murder