At around 4:30 PM, police were alerted about a masked man who was first at the hospital area and then at Berga center, according to Polisen Östergötland Händelser. Several people called in and alerted about the masked man. At Berga center, the man allegedly jumped out of a car and threatened a woman in her 20s, as reported by Polisen Östergötland Händelser.
The man and the woman were previously unknown to each other. The man then left again in a car. Police searched for the man and found him in Slaka, south of Linköping.
There, people called in because they saw a masked man jumping into a car.
The man, who is in his 30s, was arrested on suspicion of aggravated unlawful threats. He was detained overnight by a prosecutor. In the car, there was another person, a man in his 20s, who was arrested on suspicion of aiding aggravated unlawful threats, drunk driving, and violation of the knife law.
At 4:30 PM, police were alerted to the area near the University Hospital in Linköping, according to Östgöta Correspondenten. " The car, with the masked man and the driver, disappeared from the location. From there, police tried to make contact with the car, and during that time, it made small stops where they had various isolated incidents.
The motive for the alleged threat remains unclear, and it is unknown why the man was initially at the hospital area. The man was detained overnight following his arrest.