From the ArcaMax Publishing, Weird News Newsletter:
http://www.arcamax.com/news/weirdnews/s-367218-756282
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.