Two men in their twenties have been charged at Falu District Court with kidnapping and attempted extortion following an incident in Borlänge.
According to the prosecutor's indictment, the two men abducted a man in Borlänge municipality.
They allegedly held him captive and attempted to force his parents to pay an alleged debt.
The incident occurred in mid-March this year, the indictment states.
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Two people have been injured in a residence in Brynäs, Gävle, and taken to hospital. One person has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after police were alerted to screams from the address around 8 p.m. on Monday.
Several people from Borlänge and surrounding areas, including a man in his 30s as the central figure, are being charged with major fraud and extortion. Victims were scammed out of millions of kronor over eight years. One victim lost four million kronor.
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Just after 3:30 a.m. on Friday night, two taxi customers assaulted the driver in Borlänge and stole the taxi. The vehicle was found nearby shortly after, but the suspects had fled. Police have opened an investigation for aggravated theft of a motor vehicle.
A boy arrested on suspicion of gross unlawful threat in Borlänge has been fully cleared. Prosecutor Joel Henning is dropping the investigation, stating the threat stemmed from misinterpretations and rumor spreading. Over 20 schools closed on Wednesday as a precaution.
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A 17-year-old boy, son of two former Sweden Democrat local politicians, has been indicted for attempted murder of Iran expert Arvin Khoshnood in Malmö and a shooting in Uddevalla in September 2025. The boy denies the Malmö offense but admits the Uddevalla act. Five teenagers face charges in total.
An infant was found lifeless in a Borlänge apartment on Tuesday. Two people were arrested on suspicion of a crime but later released. The case is now being investigated as causing another's death, prosecutor Karolina Lassbo said.
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On Wednesday evening, police were called to an ongoing assault in Degerfors municipality. A young man has been detained on suspicion of assaulting his girlfriend.