Swedish authorities took action against a ship in the Baltic Sea on Friday because they suspected it was falsely flagged. A suspected stateless ship has been boarded by the intervention force and the Coast Guard. The Coast Guard wants to confirm suspicions that the ship is flagless and there are suspicions of deficiencies in seaworthiness, according to Mattias Lindholm, Presschef at the Coast Guard.
' Mattias Lindholm cannot answer if anyone has been detained and refers to the prosecutor. The ship, which is on Ukraine's sanctions list, had switched from a Russian to a Guinean flag, according to sources. The ship is said to have switched from a Russian to a Guinean flag in the summer, according to Carl-Oskar Bohlin, Minister for Civil Defense.
Ukraine's Foreign Minister Andrij Sybiha expressed gratitude to Sweden for taking decisive measures against the Russian shadow fleet ship. ' In other news, the Migration Agency has decided to temporarily pause deportations and expulsions to Lebanon, according to an official statement. ' The Migration Agency now sees it as impossible to make a reliable assessment of the security situation going forward, according to their statement.
Grateful to Sweden for taking decisive measures against the Russian shadow fleet ship
The pause applies regardless of whether the person has applied for asylum or for a residence permit on other grounds. There will also be a pause in decision-making regarding rejections in asylum cases for persons residing in Lebanon, but approval decisions can still be made. The pause applies temporarily but at the latest until June 8 this year.
Separately, police received an alarm about an avalanche in Åre municipality at 14:36 on Saturday. The avalanche is said to have occurred between Anjeskutan and Akkentjakke. Police have initiated a mountain rescue operation according to the law on protection against accidents.
According to initial reports, the avalanche's fracture line was about 200 meters wide. Several resources are to go to the site to investigate if any person has been affected. ' In a traffic incident, a 25-year-old man has died in an accident outside Degerfors.
It involves a few hundred cases that are open
The alarm came in at 09:26 on Saturday morning when two cars had a head-on collision on county road 547 at Strömsnäs. A 30-year-old man was taken to the hospital by ambulance with unclear injuries; he was awake and able to speak when he went with the ambulance. Relatives have been notified.
Police will now investigate the accident. In Gothenburg, there are major disruptions in tram traffic and several lines are withdrawn in central Gothenburg. According to Västtrafik and the police, it is a large demonstration causing the disruptions.
In a workplace accident, a 30-year-old man from Kalix was seriously crushed under a plow blade with a tractor yesterday and is now being treated with life-threatening injuries. Police are investigating the accident as a workplace accident. Additionally, a person has been injured after a snowmobile accident outside Åsele and has been taken to the hospital by ambulance helicopter; the injury status is currently unknown.