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| Powerful Explosion Rocks Swedish Police Station |
| 2017-10-19 |
| [An Nahar] A powerful kaboom blew out the entrance to a cop shoppe in the southern Swedish city of Helsingborg early Wednesday, an attack authorities linked to their fight against organized crime. The kaboom occurred just after midnight in the city center, which is home to around 100,000 people. Prime Minister Stefan Lofven called it "an attack against our democracy" and urged authorities to "step up the fight against serious crime." The blast, heard from as far away as 20 kilometers (12 miles), caused no injuries but serious material damage. The cop shoppe entrance was completely destroyed, with dozens of windows smashed. Police sources quoted by daily Aftonbladet said several kilos (pounds) of explosives were used. The head of the local police, Patric Heimbrand, told news hounds that Sherlocks were working on the presumption that "criminal circles" were behind the attack. He said police work against gangs was paying off and likely causing "irritation". Explosives are often used by organized crime rings in Sweden, especially in the south where settling of scores and intimidation are frequent among narcos. Police and judges are also regularly targeted. On November 30, 2014, a blast damaged a building in the southern city of Malmo that housed police, prosecutors, a courthouse and penitentiary administration. Heavily armed coppers were stationed outside those buildings on Wednesday. Although the Nordic nation has a relatively low crime rate compared to the rest of Europe, physical violence against coppers has surged. In 2016, it rose by 65 percent with 86 cases reported, according to government figures. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #10 Er... Is the Harley Koran, etc. |
| Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220 2017-10-19 17:46 |
| #9 A fluke of the North: If a pocket Contains a grenade or a rocket, What's driving the goose That is bent on its use Ain't the Holy Koran, but a sprocket. |
| Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220 2017-10-19 17:34 |
| #8 Sure, and the tween trannies or could be the Mothers against Males(MaM). Do the research, Skid. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2017-10-19 17:00 |
| #7 Probably was organized crime as the police station certainly wasn't in a no-go zone! |
| Posted by: DooDahMan 2017-10-19 16:32 |
| #6 Sure, and the tween trannies or could be the Mothers against Males(MaM). |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2017-10-19 15:00 |
| #5 “Organized Crime” Really? Motorcycle gangs, for one. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2017-10-19 10:48 |
| #4 A good deal of the organized crime in that part of the world, as far as I can tell, is groups of immigrants/refugees from the Ummah showing their gratitude to the native Scandinavians. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2017-10-19 09:35 |
| #3 #1 well, some of us see Islam as a criminal conspiracy. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2017-10-19 05:29 |
| #2 The writing is whitewashed. This reporting sucks. Who What When ?Why? Editorialize and tell a mushy story about some depressed moslem That is the order of information. I do not do crossword puzzles and mazes and pictionary until I know WHOM WHAT WHEN WHERE, "Journalists". |
| Posted by: newc 2017-10-19 00:44 |
| #1 “Organized Crime” Really? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2017-10-19 00:09 |