Hate crime

A woman in her mid-30s is suspected of graffitiing cow's blood on the Uppsala mosque's facade overnight into Sunday, including a swastika and the words 'häck väck lingonsäck'. Police arrested her shortly afterward while she possessed a knife and a jar of cow's blood. She has been released but remains suspected of aggravated damage, hate crime, and knife law violation.

April 07, 2026 Reported by AI

A reindeer belonging to Idre sameby was found severely injured near Idre with both ears cut off and a cut across its throat. The animal had to be euthanized, and the incident is being investigated as suspected hate crime and animal cruelty. Sameby chair Peter Andersson called it horrific.