A father is sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering his two children. The children, a boy and a girl under the age of ten, were found dead in a row house in Södertälje at the end of April.
CrimeThe prosecutor is seeking a life sentence for the Swedish woman who is on trial for having held Yazidi children and women as slaves in IS's so-called caliphate. The defense wants a complete acquittal.
CrimeA man in his 40s is being prosecuted for having strangled his two children to death in Södertälje. The man has confessed to the murders and now a dispute is pending about his mental health.
SwedenIS tried to exterminate the Yazidi minority through executions, forced relocations, and enslavement. A 52-year-old woman from western Sweden will stand trial on Monday in Stockholm for her involvement in the genocide. All the acts of (NN) were committed with the intention of completely or partially destroying the Yazidi ethnic group, says the prosecutor.
SwedenThe woman who is being prosecuted for holding Yazidi women and children in slave-like conditions in Syria admits that she had people from the ethnic group in her "absolute proximity". However, she denies that she bought, controlled or sold the individuals, says her lawyer.
SwedenA girl has died in the middle of the summer vacation and far too early in life. That a peer girl is suspected of murder has created a sense of hopelessness in Landskrona. Children should be allowed to be children, says Leif Lindkvist.
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