Three employees in a row mysteriously dead at battery factory

Published 21 June 2024 at 18.58

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.

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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 actions have been committed.

But now a third employee has died, this time also at home after a work shift. And now the police believe that you have to act.

– Considering the previous deaths, I felt that now we have to do something, says Johann Kristiansson of 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, head of communications and public relations in the Nordics at Northvolt, states that in the latest case there are “even more indications” that the third deceased 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 basis for”, he writes to Norran.