It was just a week ago that the police arrested the parents of a toddler who has not yet turned a year. The abuse was discovered when the parents sought care for the child at Sundsvall Hospital.

The parents, 25 and 30 years old from a smaller town in Medelpad, were arrested last Friday. They are reasonably suspected of gross abuse or grossly negligent bodily harm.

- The child is still being cared for in a hospital. The damage situation is serious but stable. Right now it looks a little better, says Prosecutor Stina Sjöqvist.

Denies crime

In the family there is a further child of preschool age and social authorities are connected.

The investigation work is in progress. The prosecutor does not want to go further into whether the police have any technical or other evidence. People around the family are interrogated, as is the mother and the father.

- Parents deny crime, says Stina Sjöqvist.