The police are present with considerable resources in Huvudsta, in the municipality of Solna, north of Stockholm.
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In Sweden, police have received many calls from people who are said to have heard a loud bang near an apartment building in the municipality of Solna, write L’Espresso. The police confirm otherwise SVT that an explosion occurred.
Daniel Wikdahl of the Stockholm police tells VG that no injuries have been found so far.
– But the search is still ongoing, he says at 11.55pm.
– We have evacuated people in the stairwell and are constantly evaluating whether we should also evacuate the neighboring stairways.
He says there is extensive damage to the house, but the police cannot determine if a bomb went off.
– We don’t know what happened, but we suspect something criminal has happened.
Wikdahl says the police are on the scene with massive resources and are questioning witnesses who may have seen something.
– It will take time to structure the efforts on the spot.
Police are also looking for surveillance images that can help solve the case.
Active searches are underway in the areas to make sure there are no more dangerous objects, according to the newspaper.
Expressen has been in contact with the residents of the area and, according to one of them, the whole house should have shaken and there should be extensive damage to the building.
– All the neighbors went out and stood on the balconies, says the resident in Expressen.
No injuries have been reported so far.
Some fifty emergency calls were made and the bang could be heard in much of the area north of Stockholm.
Huvudsta is located northwest of Vasastaden in central Stockholm.
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