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| Sweden probes 'arson attack' on nation's largest Shiite mosque, one arrested |
| 2017-05-02 |
| [TheLocal.se] Sweden's largest Shiite Moslem mosque was badly damaged overnight in a suspected arson attack, police said Monday, adding later that they had made one arrest in connection with the incident. Fire and emergency services were alerted to the scene a little before 12:30am on Monday, where "flames were engulfing the outer facade" of the Imam Ali Islamic Centre in the northern Stockholm suburb of Jakobsberg, a police front man said. No injuries were reported. "A man who earlier in the day had been tossed in the slammer Drop the heater, Studs, or you're hist'try! and was scheduled for a hearing, was, after interrogation, taken into custody," police said in a statement. However, those who apply themselves too closely to little things often become incapable of great things... they released no information on the man's identity or possible motive. "This is Sweden's largest Shia mosque with thousands of faithful... They are really concerned," mosque front man Akil Zahari told broadcaster SVT. Zahiri said that there were a few people in the mosque when the fire was first noticed. A party had been held earlier in the evening. The fire raged for over an hour but by 3am fire fighters had the flames largely extinguished. No residential buildings surround the large mosque, so police said there was no risk of the fire spreading to other houses. Several mosques in Sweden have been the target of arson attacks in recent years but few perpetrators have been caught. In April last year, a 31-year-old man identified through CCTV footage was tossed in the clink Keep yer hands where we can see 'em, if yez please! for three years for racially-aggravated arson after admitting setting fire to a mosque in the southwestern town of Boras. Swedish anti-racism campaigners protested in January 2015 after a trio of arson attacks on mosques in the Nordic country. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #5 Maybe the mosque wasn't up to current fire codes? |
| Posted by: Raj 2017-05-02 18:00 |
| #4 1) Sunni - Isis or other 2) Viking that's had enough 3) Astro-turf Pick one |
| Posted by: AlanC 2017-05-02 16:21 |
| #3 Go to your room, #2 Blinky. |
| Posted by: Barbara 2017-05-02 15:14 |
| #2 nope, partly cloudy here. |
| Posted by: Blinky Johnson9180 2017-05-02 14:06 |
| #1 Sunni? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2017-05-02 13:44 |