Published: Tue 28 Jul 2026 18:58 CEST
Photo: Björn Larsson Rosvall/TT
Around 20 people from Ethiopia have gone missing after taking part in the Gothia Cup football tournament in Gothenburg.
According to the police, the boys are between 14 and 17 years old, and one or more leaders are also missing.
On the final day of this year’s Gothia Cup, a school administrator discovered that the Ethiopian team that had been staying at the school had left without reporting it, Göteborgs-Posten writes.
Gothia Cup contacted the police, who filed a missing persons report. The police now state that the individuals have not returned to Ethiopia and that it appears to be a voluntary disappearance.
There are no indications that there is anything illegal behind it, such as human trafficking or similar, says Ellinor Halldin at the police unit for missing persons in Region West to the newspaper.