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Swedish crimes relocate in summer

GOTHENBURG, Sweden (UPI) -- Midsummer Eve, or the European celebration of the summer solstice, takes violence out of Swedish streets and brings it into the home, police say.

Erik Jeppsson of the police department in Sweden's Skane region says as the weather continues to warm up during the annual celebration, so do individuals' tempers in private homes, The Local said Saturday.

"Fighting doesn't start in the pubs, it occurs at home when parties get out of control. We have been called out to quite a few private homes," he said of midsummer violence.

Yet despite the relocation of such annual violence, police in the city of Kalmar insist Friday night's Midsummer Eve's celebration brought its fair share of disturbances.

"We have had a lot to do this evening. Around 20 people have been arrested for assault or drunken disorder. Four young men have been taken to hospital following assaults with knives or having been kicked," Kalmar police official Jan-Erik Petersson told the Local.

Copyright 2008 by United Press International

This news arrived on: 06/23/2008

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