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Eksjö

Wooden town resembles 'war zone' after huge fire
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Wooden town resembles 'war zone' after huge fire

Firefighters say a fire that killed one woman and threatened to destroy the historic wooden town of Eksjö in southern Sweden is now under control, as residents describe a "war zone" atmosphere in the burnt-out neighbourhood.

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Seven convicted in brutal gang rape case
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Seven convicted in brutal gang rape case

Seven of the eight men charged with the aggravated rape of a woman at a housing facility for asylum seekers in Småland, southeastern Sweden, last year were convicted and sentenced to prison on Wednesday in the Eksjö District Court.

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Deportation fears delayed abuse report
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Deportation fears delayed abuse report

The fears of a refugee family in hiding and those protecting them provide at least a partial explanation of how a 58-year-old man managed to hold a woman captive in a cabin outside of Eksjö in south central Sweden for nine years without detection.
Police slow to act in captive woman case
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Police slow to act in captive woman case

Police were informed about the woman held captive in a small cabin in southern Sweden for nine years, in November 2007. They acted first yesterday to arrest her captor - a 58-year-old man missing, thought dead, since 1982.
Women's shelter workers converge on courtroom
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Women's shelter workers converge on courtroom

A courtroom in Eksjö was filled to bursting on Thursday morning by representatives of various women's shelters who had come to support three of their colleagues accused of helping a woman to hide her two sons from their father.