There is no known connection between the suspect and the victim, according to Robin Simonsson of the prosecutor's office. Police were alerted early Saturday evening about an outdoor assault and arrested the woman at the scene. The child was not seriously injured and did not require hospital care, and no weapon was used.
The woman is also suspected of assaulting two other people, police spokesperson Martina Gradian said, adding that the woman had previously assaulted a staff member at some form of accommodation. Police are investigating the sequence of events and motive. In Eskilstuna, several women have been unprovokedly attacked by an unknown man since Monday, police said.
The man has knocked on the women's shoulders and then spat or hit them in the face. Police suspect the same perpetrator is behind the incidents, with a total of six women targeted. The latest case occurred on Friday afternoon when a woman in her 25s was hit on the jaw in central Eskilstuna.
The victims have provided a unanimous description: the perpetrator is estimated to be 25-30 years old, around 175-180 cm tall, with a normal build and very dark skin, dressed in green pants and a black or dark jacket with red or brown details. Police want to alert women to this method to prevent more incidents and are seeking tips from the public. A woman accused of stalking musician Lindsey Buckingham was arrested in Indiana, according to local police.
I am afraid that Dick's conduct might escalate into physical danger.
The arrested woman is 55-year-old Michelle Dick, who was wanted on a warrant out of California for stalking Buckingham. Fort Wayne police said Dick allegedly doused Buckingham with an unknown substance and damaged his vehicle in March in Santa Monica. Buckingham was not physically injured.
Dick had been stalking Buckingham and his family for several years, and Buckingham obtained a restraining order against her in 2024. According to The Guardian - World, Lindsey Buckingham described fearing that Dick's conduct might escalate into physical danger. After the March incident, authorities believe Dick fled California to Fort Wayne, where she was arrested without incident.
She faces charges including stalking, vandalism, battery, and criminal threats, and was held pending extradition to California. In Johnson County, Texas, Ashley Ketcherside was arrested on a racketeering charge. Prosecutors accuse her of running a $1,000-a-session prostitution ring with her husband Michael Ketcherside, who was arrested earlier on charges of continuous promotion of prostitution and racketeering.
The scheme operated for five years and catered to local police officers. Evidence suggests the Godley Police Department conspired with the couple to gather information on private citizens and public officials. Former Chief Matthew Cantrell and former officer Solomon Omotoya were arrested on charges related to promoting and soliciting prostitution.
It is a terrible incident. We are afraid that the hate rhetoric will escalate.
A woman in her 35s was arrested for vandalism at the Uppsala mosque, where she used cow's blood to paint graffiti including a swastika and the words 'häck väck lingonsäck'. According to SVT Uppland, mosque CEO Yaser Abo Jeisheh described the incident as terrible and expressed fear of escalating hate rhetoric. The woman was arrested shortly after, carrying a knife and a can of cow's blood.
She was released after questioning but remains a suspect. Police do not believe there was a political or religious motive. She is suspected of gross vandalism, hate crime, and violating the knife law.
According to SVT Uppland, police spokesperson Magnus Janson Klarin described the investigation as looking very good. A woman in her 20s was arrested on suspicion of wasting police time over false rape claims in Sittingbourne, England. She claimed on social media that she was attacked by four men at Milton Regis Recreation Ground, and the post spread on Facebook groups including Gossip Board of Sittingbourne with 46,000 members.
Police were never directly contacted about the alleged assault and launched an inquiry based on the online claim. They found no evidence the attack happened. Chief Inspector Vanessa Foster stated police take such allegations seriously and the woman was arrested for wasting police time.
The investigation is looking very good.
In Eskilstuna, a shooting occurred in the Myrtorp area just after 3 PM on Sunday. A man was found with serious injuries and taken to hospital for surgery. se, police spokesperson Maria Nilsson described that police have spoken to the victim but will need to interview him several more times.
Several people are suspected of involvement, but none have been detained. Around 1 AM on Sunday, police were contacted by people taking an injured woman to Mälarsjukhuset. Witnesses said she had been assaulted in Nyfors by five people, being kicked, hit, and sprayed with a defense spray.
The case is classified as aggravated assault, and the extent of injuries is unclear. Additionally, a woman in her 20s is indicted for attempted murder of two police officers and a doctor in the Balsta district a month ago, where she allegedly lunged at them with knives. It was only by chance that no one was injured.
Other incidents include a man in his 30s calling police from an apartment in Edsberg, reporting he was not allowed to leave by a woman he met via a dating app and that she bit him. The woman was arrested on suspicion of aggravated assault, unlawful deprivation of liberty, violent resistance, threats against a public official, and drug offense. In Borlänge, a woman in her 30s was found with a stolen bicycle and is suspected of handling stolen goods.
Police have spoken to the victim but will need to interview him several more times.
In Katrineholm, a woman in her 60s was arrested for aggravated unlawful threats after a fight. A woman was found injured outdoors in Norsborg, but her condition is unknown. In Södertälje, a woman was reported for minor drug offense and knife law violation.
A woman in Spånga reported her ex-boyfriend for stalking. A 25-year-old man was arrested for attempted murder after a female police officer was stabbed in the neck in Clifton, Worcestershire. Chief Superintendent Edd Williams called the incident shocking and abhorrent.
The officer was treated and discharged. In Norrköping, a woman in her 25s was suspected of drug offense and knife law violation after a disturbance on a train. Nuuk airport in Greenland was evacuated after a bomb threat, and a woman was arrested.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio had a phone call with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, initiated by Lavrov, discussing the wars in Iran and Ukraine. Three people were killed in a US attack on a boat suspected of drug trafficking in the Pacific Ocean. A fire broke out in a villa in Ale municipality, classified as reckless endangerment.
Five people were killed in a Ukrainian drone attack on Dzhankoy, Crimea. A person was hit by a truck in Sandviken. Brazilian President Lula will visit Trump to discuss economic and security policy.
The US launched 'Project Freedom' to help ships in the Persian Gulf, but Trump announced a pause due to progress toward a peace agreement with Iran, though the blockade remains in full force. A commercial vessel was hit by an unknown projectile in the Strait of Hormuz.