Cultural Enrichment in Malmö

The cultural enrichment clues in this story are several:

1.		The incident occurred in Malmö, which is notorious for its dangerous apartment balconies — dangerous for young women, that is.
2.		The woman was a newlywed, in what was reportedly a contentious relationship.
3.		The clincher: she had only been in Sweden for a few days.

It sounds like there was an arranged marriage and then a dowry problem, or perhaps an “honor” issue, resulting in the tragic but “accidental” death of the young bride from overseas.

According to The Local:

Newlywed Dies After Suspicious Malmö Fall

A 28-year-old woman died after falling out of a third-floor window of a building in Malmö on Sunday. Police have not ruled out the possibility of foul play.

Police received an alert that the women had fallen out of a window at around 6pm. She was taken to the hospital with serious injuries, but was unable to be resuscitated.

Police technicians have examined the apartment but have not found anything to indicate there had been an altercation.

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“The technical investigation didn’t tell us too much about what happened,” Bo Paulsson of the Malmö police told TT.

Although there were no witnesses to the incident itself, the case is being treated as a homicide or manslaughter. During the night, a 32-year-old man was reported to be heard arguing with the woman inside the apartment. He was released after questioning, but has not been ruled out as a suspect, according to Paulsson.

Aftonbladet newspaper reports that the woman and the 32-year-old man, who has lived in the apartment for several years according to neighbours, were newlyweds and that she had only been in Sweden for a few days.

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				29		Cultural Enrichment in Berlin
				29		Today in Denmark
				29		Cultural Enrichment in Scotland
				29		A Baby as a Weapon
				30		Cultural Enrichment in Italy
				30		Today’s Danish Dose
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Hat tip: TB.