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Sweden: Suspect arrested who left drunk on tracks

September 15, 2012 | Modified: September 15, 2012 at 9:16 am
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Photo -   A composite image from September 8 CCTV footage made available by Swedish Police on Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012, shows the victim, returning home after a drunken night on the town, falling down on the tracks at Sandsborg metro station south of Stockholm. He was then robbed and left to be run over by an oncoming train. The man survived, sustaining serious injuries. (AP Photo/Swedish Police) SWEDEN OUT
A composite image from September 8 CCTV footage made available by Swedish Police on Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012, shows the victim, returning home after a drunken night on the town, falling down on the tracks at Sandsborg metro station south of Stockholm. He was then robbed and left to be run over by an oncoming train. The man survived, sustaining serious injuries. (AP Photo/Swedish Police) SWEDEN OUT

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Swedish police say they have arrested a man suspected of stealing from a drunken passenger as he lay unconscious on railway tracks, and then leaving him to be hit by a train.

Video from the scene shows a man robbing the passenger, who had lost consciousness after falling on the tracks in Stockholm's subway, and then leaving him. A train eventually hit the victim, who as a result lost a leg.

Police spokesman Kjell Lindgren said Saturday that police had received tips on the suspect's whereabouts, and made the arrest on Friday.

Lindgren said that two others had been arrested along with the suspect for possession of stolen goods.