Police were called to Moorfield Court at about 21:00 BST on Sunday after reports of a man in a balaclava threatening residents. Officers were threatened with a large sword and crossbow bolts were fired, narrowly missing them. Police deployed taser devices and baton rounds, and the man was detained on suspicion of attempted murder and other offences.
In Norrköping, Sweden, a 55-year-old man has been detained on suspicion of attempted murder after a stabbing in Eneby on 29 April. The victim, a man in his 40s, was seriously injured with a sharp object and underwent emergency surgery. The suspect was arrested near the scene the same night and was remanded in custody on 2 May.
Israeli police arrested a 36-year-old man for attacking a Catholic nun near Jerusalem's Old City. The attack occurred near David's Tomb, outside Zion’s Gate on the southern side of the Old City. The arrest was on suspicion of a racially motivated attack.
The nun is a French national and a researcher at the French School of Biblical and Archaeological Research. She suffered injuries including a bruise on her forehead. The suspect is set to appear before the Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court for a hearing on the extension of his detention.
Israeli police said they treat any attack on clergy and religious communities with utmost seriousness and apply zero tolerance to violence. In a city sacred to Jews, Christians and Muslims, police remain committed to protecting all communities and holding those responsible for violence accountable. Olivier Poquillon called the attack an 'act of sectarian violence'.
The Old City in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem is a flashpoint for tensions due to historic and political claims. Religious groups have documented a rise in harassment of Christians, including assaults and spitting, often by Jewish Orthodox yeshiva students. Wadie Abunassar, media coordinator of the Holy Land Christian Forum, described attacks targeting Christians as a growing phenomenon.
act of sectarian violence
He also attributed the quick response to the fact that the attack was caught on video, and expressed great anger and sadness, feeling that this will not end anytime soon. The arrest comes weeks after Israeli authorities limited access for worship to Muslims and Christians at holy sites, citing security concerns over the Iran war. Israel drew international criticism after Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa was blocked from entering the Holy Sepulchre on Palm Sunday.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu granted Cardinal Pizzaballa 'full and immediate access' to the Christian holy site after the incident became public, and condemned the desecration of a statue of Jesus Christ. In Karlskrona, Sweden, a man in his 20s is charged with attempted kidnapping and aggravated unlawful threat after trying to force a woman into a car under knife threat. The man had a relationship with the woman, but she found out he had a girlfriend and contacted her.
The man wrote to a friend 'Jag ska döda' (I will kill) and drove with another man to central Karlskrona. The woman's movements were tracked via 'Find My iPhone' by a mutual acquaintance, and the two masked men waited near the bus stop. The men tried to force the woman into a car but fled when passersby reacted.
The man who spied is charged with aiding attempted kidnapping. All involved deny the crimes and made no comments in police interviews. Multiple arrests for threats and assaults were reported across Sweden.
Police were called to central Sjöbo due to a person being threatening outside a pizzeria. Three people were threatened by a boy or young man who displayed a sharp object. Police searched the area but no perpetrator was found, and a report of unlawful threat has been filed.
In Sundsvall, police were contacted about a man who acted threateningly towards two people and displayed a weapon-like object. The suspicion concerns aggravated unlawful threat and aggravated weapons offense. In Linköping, a security guard activated an assault alarm at a grocery store due to an aggressive man.
I'm an anti-Israel war protester and my outfit was a coincidence.
Police arrested the man, who is in his 25s, and the legal classification was changed to violence against an official. At the travel center in Linköping, police were called to a fight between a man and a woman. The man, in his 55s, was arrested suspected of assault.
In Vaggeryd municipality, police arrested a man suspected of assault, unlawful threat, and violent resistance after he allegedly hit two others in a residence. In Östersund, a man in his 40s was arrested suspected of assault and unlawful threat against a woman with whom he has a close relationship. In Mora municipality, a man in his 45s sought out a victim in their home and made threats that caused fear and anxiety.
Public disturbances and intoxicated persons were also handled by police. In Västerås, a woman in her 45s was taken into custody under the law on taking intoxicated persons into custody after screaming and spitting at people in a store. She is also suspected of minor drug offense.
In Ludvika, a man perceived as threatening, loud, and intoxicated was taken into custody for his own and others' safety. In Molde, Norway, a man in his 30s was taken into custody after allegedly subjecting a taxi driver to unprovoked bodily harm and damaging the taxi. In Umeå, an older man was angry and upset at the home care office.
In Stockholm, a man behaved disturbingly at a café. In Skåne, a man in his 70s was taken into custody near Rådhustorget and found with a knife-like object, leading to a knife law violation suspicion. Harassment and stalking cases led to legal actions.
In Jönköping, an elderly man is being forced to move after harassing a female neighbor with messages and love letters since 2019. He once entered her apartment uninvited while she was in the laundry room. The woman said she told him to stop multiple times and felt unsafe.
I had no idea the Royal Commission was taking place inside.
The landlord evicted him after warnings; he appealed but the court upheld the eviction, and he must move out by 31 May. In Skövde, a 65-year-old man is charged with repeatedly harassing his neighbors, violating contact bans. He shone a laser pointer into their home, honked a tractor horn at night, shone a strong light from the tractor into their home, tore down a neighbor's fence with an excavator, and tried to talk to a neighbor at Stora Coop despite a contact ban, kicking their car causing paint damage.
He is charged with two counts of unlawful persecution, two counts of vandalism, violation of contact ban, aggravated illegal driving, and violation of road tax law. Other notable incidents included a young man under 18 in Gävle suspected of forgery after trying to enter a nightclub with a fake ID. In Bergen, Norway, a man in his 30s tagged 'terrorists' on the window of the County Governor's office and was reported for vandalism.
In Stockholm, an older man is suspected of exposing himself at a park in Rissne, but police have not found him. A man is suspected of false declaration after using an unauthorized aid during a theory test. In Linköping, a man is suspected of offensive photography at a bar.
In Avesta, a man in his 60s is suspected of several crimes. In Kronoberg, a man in his 35s is suspected of violent resistance. In the UK, Danny Cooke, a 44-year-old Royal Mail worker from Barnsley, said he was attacked while trying to stop a shoplifter.
He saw a man filling a basket with jars of coffee and leave without paying, followed him, snatched the basket, and was attacked with loose bricks from a wall. Cooke warned others not to be a 'have a go hero' after suffering a gash on the back of his knee. Greater Manchester Police said no arrests have been made and enquiries are ongoing.
In Brixton, south London, a topless suspected drug dealer struggled with plain-clothed police officers outside a Screwfix store. The suspect, 34, was stopped by Metropolitan Police officers on 14 April. During the struggle, a bag burst, spreading white powder on the floor.
He was arrested on suspicion of possession with intent to supply Class A drugs and assaulting two emergency workers. In Sydney, a 68-year-old man was moved on by police for wearing a swastika T-shirt outside the Bondi Royal Commission. The T-shirt had a swastika superimposed over the Israeli flag and the words 'anti-Semitism, proud to be accused.
' Police issued a move-on direction, which the man complied with. The man described himself as an anti-Israel war protester and said his outfit was a coincidence, claiming he had no idea the Royal Commission was taking place inside. In Linköping, a 23-year-old man climbed over a fence into the rescue service area, was found shoeless and uncommunicative, and was convicted of unlawful intrusion.