Axe attack prolongs village feud
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Published: 14 May, 2008 CET.
Updated: Wed 14 May 2008 07:47 CET
A protracted feud in a village in the far north of Sweden took a sinister turn on Tuesday when a 47-year-old man was attacked with an axe and taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries.
A 37-year-old man was arrested in connection with the incident in Vojakkala, a village near Haparanda on the border between Sweden and Finland.
The victim of the attack was found by a neighbour, who alerted the police. He was initially taken to Sunderby hospital but was later transferred by helicopter to Norrland University Hospital in Umeå where his situation remained critical on Wednesday morning.
For twenty years a feud has divided the neighbouring families of the victim and his attacker.
Two years ago police arrested eight members of one of the families after reports of shots being fired in the village. Two of the men were arrested on suspicion of attempted murder.
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A 37-year-old man was arrested in connection with the incident in Vojakkala, a village near Haparanda on the border between Sweden and Finland.
The victim of the attack was found by a neighbour, who alerted the police. He was initially taken to Sunderby hospital but was later transferred by helicopter to Norrland University Hospital in Umeå where his situation remained critical on Wednesday morning.
For twenty years a feud has divided the neighbouring families of the victim and his attacker.
Two years ago police arrested eight members of one of the families after reports of shots being fired in the village. Two of the men were arrested on suspicion of attempted murder.
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