Gothenburg, Mexico | Here are the most important news of the night

Explosion in central Gothenburg

There was an explosion in central Gothenburg on Sunday evening. It is unclear whether anyone was injured and what caused the explosion.

According to Göteborgs-Posten, the explosion hit a restaurant. The report about the bang came at 11.20pm on Sunday evening.

Photos the newspaper has seen show that several windows have been broken on the restaurant’s facade.

– An explosion has occurred. We are in place and waiting for the bomb squad, says Mikael Lindgren in the rescue service to TT. No fire has been reported at the site.

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Killed surfing tourists in Mexico were shot in the head

Three dead Australian and American surfers who were found in Mexico before the weekend were shot in the head, Mexican authorities say.

Mexican authorities confirmed on Sunday that they are two Australian brothers aged 30 and 33 and an American aged 33 who were last seen on 27 April.

The three were found at Santo Tomas in Baja California before the weekend. The state is located in the far north-west of Mexico.

They are believed to have been killed while robbers stole their car, says Baja California Attorney General Maria Elena Andrade. Three suspects, two men and a woman, have been arrested, suspected of being involved in the murders. One of those arrested has a history of violence, drug dealing and robbery, according to the authorities.

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Another Norwegian record for Norway’s relay girls in the Bahamas

By one hundredth, the Norwegian relay girls beat yesterday’s Norwegian record in the 4×400 in the final of the International Athletics Federation’s relay event in the Bahamas.

The time was. 3.26.88, which was 5th place in the final for Josefine Tomine Eriksen, Amalie Iuel, Elisabeth Slettum and Henriette Jæger. The American favorites clocked in at 3.21.70 and took first place.

Yesterday’s feat secured Norway’s place in the Olympics over the distance. It will be the third time Norway has a relay team in athletics at an Olympics, but the first time on the women’s side. At the same time, Norway has had a relay team in the WC twice, both times in the 4×400 meters for women, in 1991 and in 2022.

The International Athletics Federation’s relay event (World Athletics Relays) in the Bahamas functions in WC years as qualification for the WC, and this year as qualification for the Olympics.

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Taxi driver threatened with knife and robbed car

A taxi driver was threatened with a knife and robbed of the car by a taxi customer on the night of Monday. The perpetrator has been arrested.

The incident happened at Tårnåsen in Nordre Follo municipality.

The car has now been stopped on the E6 in Vestby and the perpetrator has been arrested, informs the police in Øst on X.

The E6 is closed in the southbound direction at the Follotunnel as a result of the incident.

The police reported the incident at 5.20 on Monday morning.

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Cabin burned to the ground in Larvik

The emergency services responded to a report of a fire in a cabin in Anvik in Larvik on the night of Monday. The cabin was fully engulfed in flames and burned to the ground.

– There must be open flames, writes the police in the South-East on X at one o’clock.

According to the police, there should be no people in the cabin.

Just before two o’clock, the fire service has control of the fire and has started extinguishing it.

The cabin could not be saved, however, and at five o’clock on Monday morning the police report that it has been burnt down. The police have reported the case and are starting an investigation.

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