A man has died in Sweden after being pulled from the water in Klintehamn earlier this month, while a 14-year-old boy drove a stolen articulated bus for four hours through the German city of Hannover, and police in Argentina and Australia engaged in separate pursuits of stolen vehicles, according to local authorities. The incidents, reported on Friday, left one person dead, a cyclist lightly injured, and at least seven suspects in custody across four countries.

On the Swedish island of Gotland, a man in his forties remains detained on suspicion of murder after the victim, who was hospitalised with life-threatening injuries on 14 June, died a few days ago. Swedish prosecutors have reclassified the case from attempted murder, a police spokesperson confirmed. The circumstances of how the man came to be in the water remain under investigation.

In Germany, police in Lower Saxony said two boys aged 14 and 15 stole a public bus from a depot in Hannover on Thursday afternoon and drove it through dense traffic for several hours, striking a female cyclist, a lorry, a lamppost and a parked car before being stopped. The owner alerted authorities after a friend photographed the pair at a tram stop, noting they appeared extremely young. The teenagers were arrested and face multiple charges including vehicle theft, hit-and-run and negligent bodily harm; investigators believe there may be additional damage and have appealed for witnesses.

In Argentina, police in Mendoza province reported two separate vehicle thefts on Friday morning. In the Cristo Redentor neighbourhood of Las Heras, a 36-year-old man was arrested after a chase that began when a Renault Clio was stolen while its owner left the keys in the ignition. A second pursuit unfolded in central Mendoza, where two men allegedly attempted to break into a parked car on 9 de Julio and Pellegrini, then fled in a Ford Focus before being intercepted at Costanera and Lavalle. Both were taken into custody. Separately, on Thursday night in Guaymallén, police monitoring municipal cameras observed two men using a baby stroller to conceal a door stolen from a residence; they were arrested minutes later.

In Australia’s capital, ACT Policing said a white Ford Everest stolen from a Bungendore driveway on Wednesday was spotted tailgating an ambulance through red lights on Gungahlin Drive late Friday. The vehicle later collided with a police car in Kaleen and crashed through locked gates at a construction site in Lawson before three occupants fled on foot. A 19-year-old and a 30-year-old, both already on bail for other alleged offences, were arrested and charged with breach of bail and riding in a motor vehicle without consent. A third suspect remains at large, and investigators are seeking dash-cam footage. All cases remain under active investigation.