Bomb in Gothenburg
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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/sep/28/explosion-at-block-of-flats-in-gothenburg-sweden
Police are investigating whether an explosive device was left in an apartment building after four people were seriously hurt in an explosion and fire in the Swedish city of Gothenburg.
About 25 people were taken to hospital after the blast on Tuesday morning set ablaze the building in a central residential area. Firefighters pulled people from the building while others used tied sheets to lower themselves from balconies as grey smoke billowed out of stairwells and windows.
Three women and one man were treated for serious injuries, a Sahlgrenska University hospital spokesperson said. Swedish public services radio SR reported that about 25 people had been taken to hospitals around Sweden’s second largest city.
The Nordic country has contended with surging gang crime in recent years, with rival groups employing explosives and firearms to settle scores.
“It’s terrible,” the interior minister, Mikael Damberg, told TT news agency. “I have great confidence in the police authority and that it uses all the resources required to sort out what has happened.”
