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Minister of Justice: Extremely serious and regrettable

1/7/2024, 4:24:52 PM

Highlights: Minister of Justice: Extremely serious and regrettable. Gunnar Strömmer takes seriously the fact that a police officer was fatally injured in connection with an operation in Jönköping on Sunday. Now it is too early to say anything about the course of events and will have to refer to the health care system and the police to provide more detailed information, says the Minister of Justice. "In general, of course, 37,000 police officers go on duty every day, many of them are out in the field guaranteeing the safety and security of citizens"

Minister of Justice Gunnar Strömmer (M) takes seriously the fact that a police officer was fatally injured in connection with an operation in Jönköping on Sunday.


"I have received this information as well, it is of course extremely serious when a police officer is injured in the line of duty. Now it is too early to say anything about the course of events and will have to refer to the health care system and the police to provide more detailed information, says Gunnar Strömmer.

Serious incident

At present, the Minister of Justice cannot draw any conclusions about the police's work situation based on today's incident.

What do you say about the police's work situation?

"In general, of course, 37,000 police officers go on duty every day, many of them are out in the field guaranteeing the safety and security of citizens. And in many cases, it's a vulnerable position. Every time something like this happens, it is extremely serious and regrettable.