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Police search for missing 9-year-old boy in Karlskrona forest

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Key Points
  • A 9-year-old boy went missing in a forest in Karlskrona on April 5.
  • Police are searching with multiple resources and describe the boy as having light hair and wearing black clothes.
  • According to reports, 146 people were reported missing in the region in 2025, with a similar case resolved last year.

Police are searching for a missing 9-year-old boy in a forest near an athletic field on Nävragölsvägen in Karlskrona, Sweden. According to Polisen Blekinge Händelser, the boy disappeared from his company at around 14:30 on April 5. Police are on site with multiple resources.

The boy is described as having light hair, wearing a black t-shirt and black jeans, and being about 140 centimeters tall. Authorities urge anyone who sees a boy matching this description to call 112. Barometern-OT reports that a nine-year-old boy who disappeared from his home in Karlskrona municipality on an October afternoon last year was found by a police patrol equipped with drones two hours later.

there is nothing finer than when police can find and return a missing child to their parents

Peter Martin, responsible for missing persons work in the region

According to the same source, 146 people were reported missing in the police region south in 2025, averaging 21 per day. Peter Martin, responsible for missing persons work in the region, stated that there is nothing finer than when police can find and return a missing child to their parents.

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