Eksjö
‘Out of control’ fire threatens Swedish town
A huge fire is threatening to destroy the historic wooden town of Eksjö in Jönköping county in southern Sweden. One woman has died in the fire.
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.
Eight men charged over brutal gang rape
Eight men who were detained on gang rape allegations in December have been charged on Friday for the brutal rape of a woman in a Migration board (Migrationsverket) flat last year.
Lars, 49, solves UK couple's Swedish photo mystery
The mystery surrounding several decades-old pictures found in a vintage camera purchased last August by a UK couple at an auction in south central Sweden has been solved.
Seven detained after suspected gang rape
Seven men have so far been arrested on suspicion of gang raping a 29-year-old mother of two in Eksjö, in the south of Sweden.
UK pair seeks clues about mysterious Swedish photos
A UK couple are appealing to Swedes for help in gleaning clues about several decades-old photographs which turned up on film hidden in a vintage camera purchased at an auction in south central Sweden last August.
Court hands down suspended sentence in captive woman case
The 58-year old man charged with holding his girlfriend captive in a cabin for nine years, was given a suspended sentence on Thursday for abuse and molestation.
Charges filed in captive woman case
Formal charges were filed on Monday against the 58-year-old man who is believed to have held his girlfriend captive for nine years in a small cabin outside of Eksjö in central Sweden.
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.
Misconduct reported in captive woman case
The police chief in Jönköping on Monday reported his colleagues for official misconduct in their handling of the case of a woman kept locked up for years in a cabin near Eksjö in south central Sweden.
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.
Swedish woman held captive for nine years
A woman suffering from multiple sclerosis is believed to have been held by a man for several years in a small cabin in south-central Sweden.
Girl dies after falling from apartment in Eksjö
A 17-year old girl has died from injuries sustained following a fall from her fourth floor apartment in the Småland town of Eksjö.
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.