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Cameras that caught Stockholm blast ordered down
A shopkeeper who handed police video footage of the Stockholm suicide bombing says he will think twice before helping authorities again after being ordered to dismantle his security cameras for lacking the right permit.Naresh Lakhwani owns a watch store in the downtown shopping district where the bomber blew himself up and injured two people on Dec. 11. Lakhwani said Tuesday that security cameras he had installed outside the store caught the bomber on tape before the explosion and he didn't hesitate to hand it over to police. "I have pretty much the whole sequence of events on there, with the bomber running up and down the street," Lakhwani said. He said investigators were grateful for the tape, but that didn't stop the County Administrative Board, which handles permits for security cameras, to take action. A legal expert at the board, Cecilia Forssell, said it had ordered Lakhwani to remove the equipment after receiving several complaints from people who had seen his surveillance video in Swedish media. She said no one is questioning his decision to hand over the material to police, but the placement of the four cameras on a busy pedestrian street. "This location is sensitive in terms of integrity," Forssell said. Posted by: tipper 2010-12-22 |
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