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Three employees in a row mysteriously dead at battery factory
Published June 21, 2024 at 6:58 p.m
DOMESTIC. The police promise to act - after a third employee at the Northvolt battery factory in Skellefteå was found dead under unclear circumstances after a work shift.

Two of the employees, both young, were found dead in their beds earlier this year - within the same month.

The deaths were initially considered natural, and no foul play was suspected as police found no signs of foul play.

But now a third employee has died, this time also at home after a work shift. And now the police believe that action must be taken.

- Considering the previous deaths, I felt that now we have to do something, says Johann Kristiansson at the police in Skellefteå to Norran.

Police are now investigating possible links between the deaths and any workplace factors that may have contributed to them. Johann Kristiansson says he plans to contact the relatives of the deceased for further information.

Matti Kataja, director of communications and public relations in the Nordics at Northvolt, states that in the latest case there are "even more indications" that the person in question may have ingested something at Northvolt.

"As we understand it, the indication is not from the medical examination, but an individual oral statement, which the police will now investigate if there is any justification for it," he writes to Norran.