Swedish police believe that three armed men on the run after attempting to rob a bank in western Sweden have fled into Norway.
The men had tried to rob a bank in Töcksfors just after 8.30am on Tuesday, and eyewitnesses saw the trio escaping with blue bags, guns, and one female member of staff who was released immediately.
The deputy CEO of the bank is yet to comment on how much money they took, or indeed if they took any at all.
“The crime is currently being labelled as preparation for bank robbery,” said Per Ström of the Värmland police to the Aftonbladet newspaper.
Ten police patrols and a police helicopter are currently searching for the trio, who are believed to be driving a blue Volvo after having torched the white Volvo in which they fled the scene.
The getaway vehicle was found just under two kilometres from the Norwegian border, burnt out.
“We believe they changed to a blue Volvo V70, which we are currently searching for,” said Leif Hultman of the Värmland police to the paper.
Police have alerted Norwegian authorities of the escapees, and are currently interviewing witnesses and bank staff, none of whom is injured.
It is believed that the men were armed with AK4 automatic weapons.
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Amid a flurry of sirens and flashing blue lights, two Norwegian police officers pulled in to a petrol station on Friday evening to stock up on refreshments before speeding away again to hone in on their target.
A 72-year-old woman has been sentenced to three years in jail after a court found that she had made her husband’s life a living hell for at least 41 years.
A new shipment of seeds from food plants has arrived at the Svalbard Global Seed Vault for long-term storage on the Norwegian Arctic archipelago of Spitzbergen. The shipment, now being taken into the seed vault in Longyearbyen, includes seed samples from Portugal, Costa Rica, Peru, Zambia, Azerbaijan and Columbia.
Gyrating wildly in the great outdoors, an energetic team of unidentified naked beefcakes has startled a Norwegian city by having rampant sex with some of its most famous sites.
The investigation, undertaken in cooperation with amongst others the Association of Hunters and Anglers, involves 200 hunters and their families. Participants have to answer a questionnaire and give blood samples to a doctor before taking part.
“I believe Norwegian is guiding us,” Jan Soppeland, Greater Stavanger’s Managing Director tells the media, “industry in the area has made comments to us about the expensiveness of hotels and restaurants. They are pointing out a vulnerability in what we have to offer.”
Research foundation NORSAR personnel say the quake occurred just after 20:22 Central European Time (CET).
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