Tuesday 14 August 2018

Masked youth gangs coordinated the firebombing of hundreds of cars across Sweden via social media, police say as Prime Minister asks 'what the f*** are they doing?'

  • Youth gangs set cars on fire in a series of attacks across Sweden overnight
  • Around 100 cars were set alight in Gothenburg and surrounding cities
  • Another 13 on fire in Stockholm and Uppsala, and cars burned in Malmo
  • Prime Minister Stefan Löfven asked 'what the f*** are you doing?' this morning
  • Police believe attacks were coordinated on social media by the youth gangs
More than 100 cars have been set alight in across Sweden overnight, as gangs of masked youths went rampaging in a series of arson attacks believed to have been coordinated on social media.
Dozens of vehicles burned in Sweden's four major cities - Stockholm, Malmo, Gothenburg and Uppsala - on Monday evening and in the early hours of Tuesday.
Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven reacted with anger and did not hold back during a radio interview on Tuesday morning.
'I'm furious, for real. My question to these people is 'what the f*** are you doing?',' he told Sveriges Radio P1.
Damage: Burned cars are pictured at Frolunda Square in Gothenburg, Sweden, the morning after a series of coordinated arson attacks
Damage: Burned cars are pictured at Frolunda Square in Gothenburg, Sweden, the morning after a series of coordinated arson attacks
Multiple targets: A person walks past burned cars parked at Frolunda Square in Gothenburg, after a night when cars burned in all Sweden's major cities, including Stockholm and Malmo
Multiple targets: A person walks past burned cars parked at Frolunda Square in Gothenburg, after a night when cars burned in all Sweden's major cities, including Stockholm and Malmo
'You're ruining things for yourselves, your parents and your neighbourhoods,' Lofven said, adding the incident 'looked very coordinated, almost like a military operation'.
'Sweden has tolerated this for too long. This must end now,' Ulf Kristersson, leader of the conservative opposition party, the Moderates, wrote on his Facebook account.
In Gothenburg and surrounding towns of Lysekil, Falkenberg and Trollhättan, a total of around 100 cars have been demolished.
In Stockholm, and Uppsala, some 45 miles north of the capital, a total of 13 cars were set alight in a handful locations on Tuesday morning. 
Gothenburg police say they have identified some of the culprits and and two people have so far been arrested.
Dramatic footage has emerged of cars being set alight by masked attackers in Sweden
Dramatic footage has emerged of cars being set alight by masked attackers in Sweden
Police said they were dealing with fires at a car park near a shopping centre and specialist hospital at Frölunda Torg, south-west of Gothenburg.Police said they were dealing with fires at a car park near a shopping centre and specialist hospital at Frölunda Torg, south-west of Gothenburg.
Police said they were dealing with fires at a car park near a shopping centre and specialist hospital at Frölunda Torg, south-west of Gothenburg.
Around 60 vehicles had been vandalised in total, Swedish television reported, with stones also thrown at police by masked men
Around 60 vehicles had been vandalised in total, Swedish television reported, with stones also thrown at police by masked men
'We have already started making calls to the parents of the youths who were taking part in this,' Gothenburg police spokesperson Ulla Brehm told SVT.
'We chose not to arrest anyone on the spot, but have identified them.'
Ms Brehm could not confirm that the series of identical car fires had been orchestrated via social media but said that 'the fact that it has been co-ordinated in so many places indicate it'. 
'What the f*** are you doing?': Prime Minister Stefan Lofven reacted with anger
'What the f*** are you doing?': Prime Minister Stefan Lofven reacted with anger
All culprits in the attacks have been described by witnesses as wearing dark clothing and hoods. 
Dramatic footage showed youths targeting vehicles in at a major shopping centre and hospital car park at Frölunda Torg, south-west Gothenburg. 
The area around Frölunda Torg have seen several deadly shootings in the past two years as local gangs have been at war over drug trade in Gothenburg. 
Due to the criminal gang activity and shootings, Frölunda was last year deemed as one of the more violent areas in Sweden's second largest city.
The two people arrested today, aged between 16 and 21, are both from Frölunda.
The largest group of youngsters apparently gathered in Kronogården in Trollhättan north of Gothenburg where as many as 40 people threw stones and started fires. 
Kronogården has also seen a rise in gang violence in recent years. 
It made international news in 2015, when 21-year-old Anton Lundin Pettersson killed three people at a local school, in a racist attack targeting Kronogården due to its high immigrant population.
Police in Trollhättan have identified three people in connection with last night's violence, but all three are under the age of 15 and have therefore been released into the care of their parents, Aftonbladet reports.
Pictures showed cars on fire in Sweden as authorities tackled multiple blazes in the country 
Pictures showed cars on fire in Sweden as authorities tackled multiple blazes in the country 
There were also reports of young people setting cars on fire in Hjällbo, to the north east of Gothenburg, in Malmo, at the southern tip of the country, and in the city of Helsingborg.
Emergency services were tackling the apparent outbreak of violence with no injuries reported, Swedish police said. 
The violence comes just three weeks before Swedish voters go to the polls in a general election. 
Systematically setting cars on fire has become a associated with gang violence in suburbs in Sweden's major cities. 
Last year, 1,457 cars were 'deliberately' set on fire across Sweden, compared to 1,641 in 2016, according to the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency's figures.
Last year in February, two days after US President Donald Trump's baffling comments linking crime to immigration in Sweden, riots broke out in the immigrant-heavy northern Stockholm suburb of Rinkeby.
Dozens of youths clashed with police after they arrested a suspected drug dealer in Rinkeby. The rioters threw stones at police, burned cars and looted shops.

The first Ford Mustang owner kept the car. It's now worth $350,000

Mustang 080818 Kpm 882DETROIT -- Tom and Gail Wise disagreed about whether a broken-down car should be stored in a family garage for 27 years or sold for junk. He insisted they keep it because, he promised, one day he would find the time to fix the vehicle himself.
It was her skylight blue convertible Ford Mustang, purchased at age 22 in 1964, that their family of six drove for 15 years.
One day, it just stopped running. And there it sat until Tom retired. When he started hunting for car parts on the internet, he discovered a story about someone with a similar car who claimed to be the very first Mustang owner, with a purchase date of April 16, 1964.

“Tom came to me and said, ‘I think you bought the car a day earlier,’ ” Gail Wise recalled. “And, sure enough, he went down to the basement and found the receipt and the owner’s manual. Sure enough, I had purchased the car on April 15.”
They called Hagerty Classic Insurance, experts on collector cars, and learned a paper trail was essential.
“We had everything,” Gail Wise said. “We didn’t know it was anything special. But we kept the new car invoice, the registered owners manual. Tom’s a saver.”
So now, as Ford celebrates production of the 10-millionth Mustang, Gail Wise is back in the spotlight. She was at company headquarters last week and, from Thursday through Saturday this week, her Mustang will be on public display in Royal Oak, Mich.
“It’s like being a movie star at 76,” she said with a tiny laugh. “I felt like a movie star at 22 when I bought the car. I mean, that was 54 years ago and we’re still talking about it.”
Her story, she notes, is filled with luck and mystery.
50 years of Ford Mustangs
'That convertible was for me'
The new third-grade teacher was living at home with her parents on the northwest side of Chicago and sharing her father’s red and black 1957 Ford. But she had accepted a job in the suburbs. So Helen and Cleadis Brown agreed to lend their daughter money for a new car and they headed over to Johnson Ford on Cicero Avenue.
“I told the salesman I wanted a convertible and he said, ‘I have none on the floor.  Come into the back room, I have something special to show you,’ ” Gail said. “There were two Mustangs, one was a hard top. And he didn’t even bother to show me that one. He lifted the tarp and I knew that convertible was for me.”
Back then, new cars always came out at the end of September and Ford wanted to shock the world with an April reveal. The company had distributed Mustangs to dealerships around the country so salespeople would have something to show when Lee Iacocca unveiled the car at the World’s Fair in New York on April 17, 1964.
“This was two days before, and it was all top secret,” Wise said. “But he sold it to me. I drove out of that showroom with everyone waving at me and asking me to slow down. TV ran a lot of advertisements for Mustang but they never showed the car. They just showed the logo and said, ‘It’s coming.’ For this to be out in April was a really, really big thing. People were so happy, giving me thumbs up, even the police. I don't remember having the top down, so it must've been cold. I wanted to keep driving, but I only had to go about 3 miles to get home.”
She married two years later, bought a home and used the Mustang as a family car with four kids.
“You just didn’t go out and buy new cars,” Wise said. “Tom was using it for work. We could fit three kids in the back seat and I’d hold the youngest on my lap. We would go to McDonald’s and eat in the car. And then one day, he pushes it into the garage. I wanted to get rid of it because we needed space for children’s stuff. He kept saying, ‘It’s my retirement project.’ "
He built an addition onto their two-car garage for the Mustang.
Today, the car has just 68,000 miles.Mustang Family2
The Wise family, Tom and Gail with their four kids, shot a Christmas card picture in July 1979 with the Ford Mustang. Shortly after, Tom pushed the car into the garage for 27 years.
Gail Wise
“When I was young and single, I enjoyed driving that car,” she said. “The highways were brand new. We had no traffic and you could fly. The first time I saw that Mustang, I thought it was so sporty, with bucket seats and a transmission on the floor. Usually sports cars were expensive, and I could afford this car.”
Now the fully restored (but not altered or modified) classic pony car that cost $3,447.50 is worth $350,000 to $450,000, according to Jonathan Klinger, spokesman for Hagerty  in Traverse City. 

'Bookends of models'

“It can be difficult to place a specific value on such a unique car and story. A car with significant provenance like this — being the original owner of the first-ever sold Ford Mustang — would likely have a premium of around 10 times the current market price,” he said. “Enthusiasts are drawn to the bookends of models. It is stunning that the first-ever sold Mustang is still owned by its original owner.”
Gail Wise said she only wishes her mom and dad could be here.
“I’d like to ask them questions," she said. "We went out on Wednesday, April 15, 1964, to buy me a car. Right in the middle of the week.They worked such long hours."
Her father worked as a cook and her mother worked as a waitress in their family-owned restaurant near Armitage and Grand avenues. 

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The grill on the 1964 Ford Mustang owned by Gail Wise, the first Mustang sold. It is at Ford world headquarters in Dearborn during the event celebrating the building of 10,000,000 Mustangs on Wed., Aug 8, 2018.
Kimberly P. Mitchell, Detroit Free Press
Stories about Mustangs leave even industry analysts a little stunned.

Global sensation

“When Mustang hit in 1964, it created a global sensation,” said John McElroy, a longtime auto industry observer and "Autoline" host. “It created a frenzy. It was a car designed and developed by young people, hotshots. Ford blew through production estimates, selling like 600,000 the first year.”
The insane love for Mustang reflects nostalgia for a time when the muscle car war was just getting going and America had a can-do attitude before Vietnam and Watergate.
“I remember when I was a little kid, Dad worked for Ford and brought it home on a Friday night and I remember getting up on Saturday morning and going and sitting in the car for hours," McElroy said. "I was, like, 11 years old. We lived in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It was the only Mustang in the country, and when we drove, it was like the day the Earth stood still. Everybody was paralyzed looking at this car.”
So it’s no surprise to anyone that Gail Brown stopped traffic in Chicago.
“When you look back at the history of the Mustang, the very first car was purchased by a young professional that totally represented that era. Is there a more perfect person?” said Ted Ryan, Ford historian, whose father had a 1965 yellow Mustang. “America had a sense of optimism. Baby boomers were coming of age. Mustang was this beautiful combination of time and place.”

Invited to Dearborn

Ford invited Tom and Gail Wise to come to Detroit this month to celebrate the Mustang milestone, and the Dearborn, Michigan, automaker shipped the Mustang out from Illinois.
“It’s just amazing that this Mustang has been built continuously all these years,” said Tom Wise, 76, an electrical engineer who served in the U.S. Navy as a submariner in the Atlantic. “Ford builds a reliable car.”
Their garage these days houses a 2013 Ford Escape and a 2015 Ford Edge. They can’t believe that, for so many years, the family stacked lawns chairs on the Mustang.
“Anything you didn’t want on the garage floor, it was piled high on the car,” Gail Wise said. “Tom drives us now. I saw how hard he worked to put this car together. I don’t want to be the one to put a dent in it.”

Cabin crew TIES UP passenger wearing just a black bra outside plane toilets after she started causing havoc on a flight from Russia to Turkey

  • 'Out of control' woman was restrained after drinking too much in duty free bar
  • Woman was 'violent and abusive' and was frightening other passengers
  • Footage shows her partially dressed and banging her head against wall
  • Woman, who for unknown reasons was wearing only her bra, said people were 'trying to kill her'
A partially dressed female air passenger has been filmed with her arms and legs tied together and screaming after she had to be restrained by cabin crew. 
The blonde woman, topless except for her black bra, was restrained after she started 'causing havoc' on a flight from the Russian capital city of Moscow to the resort city of Antalya in south-western Turkey.
Cabin crew said the woman was 'out of control' after drinking too much in the duty free bar at Moscow airport before boarding the flight, and had to restrain her shortly after take-off.
It is unclear why the woman was not wearing a top when she was filmed screaming and banging her head against the wall of the air craftIt is unclear why the woman was not wearing a top when she was filmed screaming and banging her head against the wall of the air craft
It is unclear why the woman was not wearing a top when she was filmed screaming and banging her head against the wall of the air craft
The woman was violent and abusive and her behaviour was frightening other passengers, they said.
They tied her legs together and her hands behind her back, before sitting her on the floor of the plane away from other passengers. It is not known why she was only partially dressed.
Smartphone footage shot by an eyewitness shows her trying to hit her head on the wall of the plane.
The woman can be heard shouting in Russian: 'I am begging you. My arms are tied. I cannot get hold of you, please. You see what is going on. Look at me. Look at my blood. Those are beasts, those are liars, they are trying to trick you.'
The woman had allegedly been abusive and violent after 'drinking too much in the duty free bar. She was restrained by the crew shortly after take-offThe woman had allegedly been abusive and violent after 'drinking too much in the duty free bar. She was restrained by the crew shortly after take-off
The woman had allegedly been abusive and violent after 'drinking too much in the duty free bar. She was restrained by the crew shortly after take-off
The woman claimed she could see invisible people who she said were 'trying to kill her'.
Russian media reports that the woman was released on arrival at Antalya Airport. Turkish police reportedly said they had no interest in charging the woman and let her go free.
Some commentators expressed concern about the passengers health and well-being after seeing the footage.
Netizen 'CrystalNova' said: 'Seriously, they simply let her go? No fines? No black list? No nothing? Just go, get some tan, you drunk woman...'
And 'maimung' added: 'I am always shocked that people like that are even allowed on board. I think drunkards should be fined, as well as the people who let them get on board.' 

Number of people admitted to hospital with serious food allergies rises by more than 10 per cent every year

  • NHS figures show that a total of 5,357 hospital admissions took place, last year
  • It's an increase from 4,673 critical admissions in 2016 and 4,162 patients in 2015
  • During 2017, potentially-fatal anaphylactic shock made-up a total of 1,768 cases
The number of people admitted to hospital after suffering a serious food allergy is rising by more than 10 per cent, every year.
Figures for NHS hospitals in England show a total of 5,357 admissions took place, last year - almost 15 every day - where the patient was made critically ill because of a reaction to their food.
That's an an increase of 684 from 4,673 in 2016, which had already increased by 511 from 4,162 in 2015.
Increasing demand: A total of 5,357 admissions took place, last year - almost 15 every day
Increasing demand: A total of 5,357 admissions took place, last year - almost 15 every day
Meanwhile, in 2014, the total number of urgent hospital admissions were 3, 967, while those for 2013 and 2012 were 3,754 and 3,435 respectively.
In 1,768 of the cases, last year, the admission was because the patient had gone into anaphylactic shock, which can have fatal consequences if not treated in time.
Allergies to food have become much more common in recent years with nuts, dairy products, eggs, wheat and fish often branded as the major culprits.
In the worst cases of food allergies, a known sufferer will carry a potentially life-saving adrenaline pen that can be used to inject them if they accidentally consume any of their known danger foods.
Food labelling has been improved in recent years so that people with a severe allergy can examine all the ingredients in an item to ensure they are safe.
Food allergies are believed to be responsible for the deaths of around ten people every year, with teenagers and people in their early 20s said to be at most risk as they make independent food choices for the first time.
Hard to swallow: In 2017, potentially-fatal anaphylactic shock made-up a total of 1,768 cases
Hard to swallow: In 2017, potentially-fatal anaphylactic shock made-up a total of 1,768 cases
In the last six years the number of people admitted to hospital suffering a severe anaphylactic shock as a result of food has risen from 1,258 to last year's figure of 1,768, a rise of 41 percent.
For less severe food reactions the number of admissions has risen 65percent in six years from 2,177 to last year's tally of 3,589.
The cost of providing DIY adrenalin shots, such as epi-pens, to people who suffer from severe allergies has now risen to £18million-per-year.

THE YEAR-ON-YEAR INCREASE: 2012-17

The number of patients admitted to hospital with serious food allergies: 
3,435 in 2012
3,754 in 2013
3,967 in 2014
4,162 in 2015
4,673 in 2016
5,357 in 2017
A number of tragic fatal cases in recent years have highlighted the dangers posed to people who suffer from severe food allergies.
In 2016 restaurant owner Mohammed Zaman, 54, was jailed for six years for the manslaughter of takeaway customer Paul Wilson, 38.
Mr Zaman was said to have a 'cavalier attitude' to safety and had substituted a ground nut mix containing peanuts in some of the restaurant's food.
Mr Wilson, who had an allergy to nuts, stated 'no nuts' when he ordered his food from the Indian Garden, in Easingwold, North Yorkshire.
The court heard that a week before the death trading standards officers had warned Zaman about the risks of using cheaper nut-based products which could trigger allergic reactions in customers.
Earlier this year an inquest heard how university student Shahida Shadid, 18, who had a dairy allergy, collapsed and died on a night out after eating a chicken burger that had been marinated in butter milk.
A friend administered her epi-pen to combat the reaction but Shahida, a student at Manchester University, died in hospital three days after eating the meal with friends at Almost Famous, in the city.
A spokesman for the Food Standards Agency (FSA), said: 'The Food Standards Agency's objective is to ensure the availability of safe food for consumers living with food allergies, intolerance and coeliac disease.
'This is achieved through a range of activities, such as developing guidance documents for food business operators, retail, food establishments and consumers. These are aimed at advising and protecting food allergic individuals and helping them make informed choices about the foods they buy and eat.
'The FSA also works closely with local authorities who are instrumental in enforcing allergen rules compliance in food business. We also have an active food allergy research programme that underpins our work as an evidence-based organisation.'

Meanwhile, autism may be linked to food allergies... 

Autism really could be triggered by food allergies, according to new research.
A study of almost 200,000 children found that those on the disorder's spectrum were over two and a half times more likely than others to suffer a food intolerance.
The discovery adds to a growing body of evidence suggesting that a dysfunctioning immune system raises the risk of autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
The University of Iowa study is one of few to look at food allergies - in addition to skin and respiratory reactions - bolstering the link between autism and allergies.
Based on his new findings, lead study author Dr Wei Bao, an epidemiologist at the University of Iowa, said: 'It is possible the immunologic disruptions may have processes beginning early in life, which then influence brain development and social functioning, leading to the development of ASD.'
The study analyzed health information gathered by the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), an annual survey of American households conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Between 1997 and 2016, the researchers gathered data on children between the ages of three and 17.
They found that 11.25 percent of children reportedly diagnosed with ASD have a food allergy - much more than the 4.25 percent of children not on the spectrum who have a food allergy.
The finding was observational, based purely on survey results, so Dr Bao's team could not establish whether or not an intolerance the causes autism.
But previous studies have suggested possible links including alterations in gut bacteria and increased production of antibodies and immune system overreactions.
These can lead to impaired brain function and neurodevelopmental abnormalities.
About one in every 59 children is on the autism spectrum, and the numbers seem to be growing in recent years. 

Armed police tackle man to the ground outside St Paul's tube station as capital remains on high alert

  • A man has been tackled by armed police outside St Paul's Station in London 
  • Another man ran away from the officers, according to an eye witness  
  • Westminster is on high alert after a car ploughed into cyclists outside Parliament
This is the moment a man was tackled to the ground by armed police outside St Paul's tube station - hours after a suspected terror attack on London's Parliament. 
A white man wearing in denim shorts and work boots is suddenly thrown to the ground by armed police officers, the footage from Tuesday afternoon shows.
A witness named Adam, an air conditioning worker, was at the scene when the man was dragged to the ground.
He said another man escaped and was chased by police.
The man in shorts and Nike trainers was brought down to the floor as he was arrested by armed officers near London's St Paul's Station
The man in shorts and Nike trainers was brought down to the floor as he was arrested by armed officers near London's St Paul's Station
The teenager, who did not know if the incident was related to this morning's Westminster terror attack, said: 'I was on my break when I saw two vans pulling up and then another police car.
'They tackled the man right outside of the station.
'They arrested him and started chasing the other guy.
'Apparently there were two of them but the other one ran off. 
Armed police were seen at the scene in video footage. It is unclear why the man was arrested but witnesses say they were told to clear the area 
Armed police were seen at the scene in video footage. It is unclear why the man was arrested but witnesses say they were told to clear the area 
Police were filmed at the scene as they attempted to clear the area - hours after another terror incident in Westminster
Police were filmed at the scene as they attempted to clear the area - hours after another terror incident in Westminster
'They blocked the whole street and asked us to leave.
'To be honest I was shocked. I thought 'what's going on here?'
Westminster remains on high alert after a man ploughed into a police point outside the House of Parliament.
He has been arrested but is not co-operating with officers. 
The man, who is in his late twenties, is refusing to speak to detectives about why he carried out the shocking carborne rush hour attack outside Parliament this morning.
Scotland Yard said today he was not known to their counter-terrorism officers or MI5 but security sources say the suspect, from the Birmingham area, was known to police in the West Midlands.
The vehicle police say he 'deliberately' used as a weapon was registered in Nottingham but written off by insurers late last year before being put back on the road and sold again eight weeks ago.
Police were seen running down the street from St Paul's Station after another man this afternoon
Police were seen running down the street from St Paul's Station after another man this afternoon

Body of baby boy found dumped in the rubbish bin after schoolgirl, 15, gave birth at her family home despite not knowing she was even pregnant

  • Teenager told Lancashire Police she only knew of pregnancy when in labour
  • Girl went into labour in bathroom of her family home in Wesham, between Blackpool and Preston
  • She was found by a family member who called emergency services for help
  • A post-mortem examination has been conducted but cause of death still unclear
The body of a baby boy was found dumped in a bin after a schoolgirl gave birth despite not knowing she was pregnant.
An investigation is underway into the circumstances surrounding the baby's death last Thursday at the house in Wesham, Lancashire. 
A post-mortem examination has been conducted but the cause of the baby's death remains undetermined and further tests will be carried out.
Lancashire Police are trying to find out whether a criminal offence or an offence under the Coroner's Act has been committed.
Garstang Road North in Wesham, Lancashire, where a 15-year-old schoolgirl put the body of her baby boy in a dustbin.
Garstang Road North in Wesham, Lancashire, where a 15-year-old schoolgirl put the body of her baby boy in a dustbin.
Wesham is located between Blackpool and Preston, just north of the River Ribble. The teenage girl, from the village, told police she did not know she was having the baby until she went in labour in the bathroom of her family home.
Wesham is located between Blackpool and Preston, just north of the River Ribble. The teenage girl, from the village, told police she did not know she was having the baby until she went in labour in the bathroom of her family home.
The teenager said she did not know she was pregnant until she went into labour in the bathroom of her family home in Garstang Road North.  
The girl, who was interviewed by police after spending two days in hospital, has now been discharged and is being supported by family and specially trained officers.
Detective Chief Inspector Gareth Willis, of Lancashire Police's Force Major Investigation Team, said: 'First and foremost my thoughts remain with all of those affected at this sad and distressing time.
'This is a sensitive and complex investigation and we remain at a relatively early stage of our enquiries. 
Emergency services were called to the girl's street by a relative who discovered her in the bathrrom. A post-mortem examination has been conducted but the cause of the baby's death remains undetermined and further tests will be carried out.
Emergency services were called to the girl's street by a relative who discovered her in the bathrrom. A post-mortem examination has been conducted but the cause of the baby's death remains undetermined and further tests will be carried out.
'The circumstances around the baby's death remain unclear and I would continue to appeal to anyone with information to come forward. 
'If you have yet to speak to police and can assist with our enquiries please contact us.
'I appreciate the continued support and co-operation from the people of Wesham at this time.'
 A Lancashire Police spokeswoman said investigations are still underway and no-one has been arrested.     
Anyone who can assist police with their enquiries should contact 101 quoting log 1263 of August 9.

British tourist dies ‘on his 24th birthday’ after hitting his head on rocks while jumping into the sea at the Ibizan party resort of San Antonio

  • The incident happened at the Cala Gració cove at around 5.20pm local time
  • The man was pronounced dead at the scene despite being pulled from the water
  • He is believed to have fallen nearly 20 ft from rocks at the side of the beach 
A British holidaymaker has died after hitting his head on rocks as he jumped into the sea near the Ibizan party resort of San Antonio. 
Local reports said the tourist was celebrating his 24th birthday with friends on the beach. 
The incident happened at a cove called Cala Gració near San Antonio at around 5.20pm local time. 
A man celebrating his 24th birthday has died after hitting his head on rocks at the Cala Gració cove near San Antonio (pictured)
A man celebrating his 24th birthday has died after hitting his head on rocks at the Cala Gració cove near San Antonio (pictured)
He is believed to have fallen almost 20 feet onto rocks when he jumped into the sea (pictured, the beach at San Antonio)
He is believed to have fallen almost 20 feet onto rocks when he jumped into the sea (pictured, the beach at San Antonio)
He was pronounced dead at the scene despite being pulled out of the water by friends.
Emergency responders could do nothing to save him when they reached the scene of the tragedy. 
The rocks at the side of the cave are a popular spot for sunbathers and thrill-seekers who jump into the water from a height of about 20 ft. 
The dead man is believed to have fallen from nearly 20 ft. 
A local paper said he was staying at a hotel in San Antonio called Hotel Orosol. 

Omarosa Claimed That Trump Knew About Hacked Clinton Emails Before Wikileaks Released Them

The former White House aide did not provide evidence about her claims that Trump "absolutely" knew that Clinton's emails were going to be leaked during the 2016 election.
Former senior White House aide Omarosa Manigault Newman claimed Tuesday that President Donald Trump knew about Hillary Clinton's hacked campaign emails before Wikileaks publicly released them during the 2016 presidential campaign.
Russian actors provided Wikileaks with hacked emails from the Democratic National Committee and Clinton's then-campaign chair, John Podesta, in an attempt to damage Clinton's presidential run and help Trump win the election, according to US intelligence. The emails are at the center of special counsel Robert Meuller's probe into whether the Trump campaign colluded with the Russians to influence the 2016 elections.
MSNBC's Katy Tur on Tuesday asked Manigault Newman if Trump knew about the hacked emails before Wikileaks released them.
"Absolutely," said the former Trump aide, who is currently promoting her new book Unhinged and has been releasing secretly taped recordings of her interactions in the White House.
"He knew what was coming out before Wikileaks released them?" Tur pressed.
"Yes," Manigault Newman replied.
She did not provide evidence to support the claim, saying only, "I will say that there is a lot of corruption that went on in the campaign and the White House and I am going to blow the whistle on all of it."
Manigault Newman also said that Mueller had interviewed her as part of his ongoing probe into Russian interference in the 2016 elections, but declined to go into detail about the nature of the interview.
Recalling Trump's behavior with women during her time in the White House, Manigault Newman said that she was concerned when the president and his chief of staff General John Kelly "attacked" two black women — the widow of a soldier who died in Niger and Florida congresswoman Frederica Wilson.
During a condolence call in 2017, Trump reportedly told the widow, Myeshia Johnson, that her husband, Sgt. La David Johnson, "knew what he was signing up for." Trump denied this, and Kelly subsequently backed the president.
"They were tag teaming by attacking these African-American women," Manigault Newman said. "Who in their right mind would attack a woman who just lost her husband on the front line of serving for this country? That's exactly it. He is not in his right mind; he is mentally impaired and unfit to serve as president," she said.
Manigault Newman also said that Trump would "grab women and kiss them unsolicited any time any day. "
While saying she would not characterize anything she witnessed or experienced in the White House as a "#MeToo moment," Manigault Newman referred to Tur's book in which Tur claimed that Trump forcibly kissed her.
"He did that very often with women anytime he wanted," Manigault Newman said. "He's very physical. He would grab women and kiss them unsolicited any time any day.

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