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| Swedish anti-terror police are pelted with STONES while arresting Stockholm attack suspects | ||||||
| 2017-04-09 | ||||||
| [Daily Mail, Where America Gets Its News] Police officers responding to the Stockholm terror atrocity were attacked by a gang of youths who pelted them with stones last night, Swedish coppers have said. The attack happened last night near Rinkeby, part of the 'immigrant no-go zone' that gained notoriety when President Trump referred to it in a controversial speech in February. It is thought that the officers were taking part in an operation to arrest a 17-year-old and his mother at an address linked to the 39-year-old prime suspect. Both have since been released without charge. 'During the night my colleagues were exposed to stone throwing in [the suburb of] Tensta, in the middle of an ongoing terror operation. 'Some people will never learn,' Abdallah Ahmed, a police officer, said in a social media post. 'To terror I want to say one thing, in pure Swedish: go to hell. My thoughts go to those affected in every way.'
An unexploded IED was later found in a suitcase inside the truck. It is not known how long the man, described in Swedish media as a father of four with ISIS propaganda on his laptop, has been in Sweden. Nor is is known if he had accomplices, but to the police the IED suggests a planned terror attack rather than a sudden impulse. Police revealed an Uzbek man living at the same address as our miscreant ran a cleaning company investigated by police in 2015 for funding ISIS as part of an Uzbek crime ring. But the police were unable to prove terror financing, so of the five charged only three were convicted of financial impropriety. Our miscreant's address was also that of a key member of the group.
A pack of heroes, not a herd
The mystery driver, who works for a security company but has not been named, was making his way along Drottninggatan high street yesterday afternoon when he became suspicious about the hijacked beer lorry. When the terrorist passed him, the driver followed close behind, honking his horn to warn people to get out of the way. The driver is the third 'hero' that have been praised by Swedish police investigating yesterday's attack. In the minutes after the atrocity, two anonymous 'hero witnesses' alerted police after spotting the suspect on foot. One woman saw the man on a commuter train in the minutes after the attack and immediately alerted police, but the man bravely ran away before she could pursue him. Later, an unnamed man spotted the suspect at a nearby petrol station in Marsta, a suburb of Stockholm. The witness recognised the man from pictures released in the media and followed him in his car. A nearby patrol was alerted and officers were scrambled to intercept the suspect who was arrested close to nearby Arlanda airport.
Police have said that there are more than 3,000 migrants like him living in Stockholm unlawfully and escaping deportation. A person who was arrested at 9am today has become the first alleged accomplice to be formally charged with terror offences by Stockholm's prosecutor. Five other suspects also taken into custody yesterday are still being questioned in custody. The 39-year-old fanatic, who has been charged with terror offences, came to the attention of police 'a long time ago' due to his online glorification of ISIS. But investigators assessed him as simply a jihadi sympathiser and did not believe him to be dangerous. According to a woman living at an address in the suburb of Hjulsta where the terrorist received his letters, he showed no outward signs of religious observance and enjoyed a liberal lifestyle. The woman told Swedish media, 'It's horrible. I have never seen any signs that he was an extremist or cared about religion. On the contrary, he partied and drank alcohol like many other Uzbeks in Sweden.' Described as a conscientious worker, the 39-year-old Uzbek was employed as a construction worker specialising in asbestos disposal and is understood to have used his salary to support his wife and four children in his native Uzbekistan. He was trained in handling bombs, and had a certificate showing he had knowledge of explosives. The suspect had longtime connections to Uzbek criminals who were suspected of having links to radical Islamic groups. One of his former flat-mates ran a cleaning company that was accused of funding ISIS in 2015. According to neighbours, three or four Uzbek labourers were living at the one-bedroom property in Vällingby, a suburb of Stockholm, which 'reeked of cigarette smoke and spicy cooking'. Ten of the 15 injured are still being treated in hospital, with four suffering 'severe' injuries. | ||||||
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 Sven and Ole? |
| Posted by: DepotGuy 2017-04-09 10:57 |
| #2 attacked by a gang of youths who pelted them with stones last night Subsequently a number of stone-throwing arms were broken by Police. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2017-04-09 10:17 |
| #1 Why weren't the rock throwers pelted with bullets? |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2017-04-09 00:07 |