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Mark Lorentzon, 55, is arrested in his absence on suspicion of causing the explosion in Gothenburg last week.
He is arrested on probable cause on suspicion of gross public destruction and attempted murder.
This enables the prosecutor to issue an international search warrant, so that Lorentzon can be hunted outside Sweden’s borders.
– I will sit down and write it the search this afternoon, prosecutor Maria Thorell said after the arrest hearing on Monday afternoon.
It was just before 05.00 on Tuesday last week that the alarm about an explosion on Övre Husargatan in central Gothenburg came in.
A major operation was launched with a large number of units from the rescue service, police and ambulance personnel. The explosion led to both a large fire and the development of smoke. More than 20 people had to seek care and the residents were evacuated.
The district court decided on Monday afternoon to detain Mark Lorentzon in his absence on probable cause on suspicion of gross public destruction and attempted murder.