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| Second Jewish building in Sweden attacked with firebombs |
| 2017-12-12 |
| [IsraelTimes] Molotov cocktails thrown at chapel in Malmo cemetery, two days after synagogue in Gothenburg hit; on Friday, marchers in Malmo vowed to 'shoot the Jews' Swedish police on Monday said they were probing an attempted arson against a Jewish chapel after a similar attack against a synagogue, which came in the wake of the US recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. Two burning objects were thrown at the chapel, located at a Jewish cemetery, in Sweden’s third largest city of Malmo, the Jewish assembly said in a statement on Monday. The Local news website said Molotov cocktails had been thrown at the building. Malmo police front man Lars Forstell told AFP that the incident is being investigated "as an attempted arson" and that the motive is unclear. No serious damage was done to the building and no one was hurt. But the Jewish assembly in Malmo said it sees the incident as "extremely serious." "We strongly emphasize that we can never accept being subjected to threats and attacks," it said in the statement. The chapel was the target of a previous arson attack in 2009, the Local website reported at the time. A small fire started causing a little damage to the building. In 2015 Swedish police posted officers at the cemetery after a Jewish man reported he was intimidated by passersby at the site. Swedish police have tightened security near Jewish sites across the nation following a fire attack on a synagogue in the second largest city of Gothenburg on late Saturday. More than a dozen men hurled Molotov cocktails at the synagogue in the southern Sweden city, hours after locals marched there against US President Donald Trump ...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States... ’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. The synagogue did not catch fire and no one was hurt. Police have detained three men on suspicion of attempted arson. In Malmo on Friday, around 200 protesters gathered, threatening and calling for violence against Jews, according to the Swedish daily Sydsvenskan. Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom on Sunday condemned the synagogue Molotov cocktailing and the calls in Malmo for violence against Jews, saying anti-Semitism had no place in Swedish society. Prime Minister Stefan Lofven has also condemned "calls for violence against Jews." This was a reference, in part, to chants about shooting Jews heard at the Malmo rally. "We have announced the intifada from Malmö. We want our freedom back, and we will shoot the Jews," some in the rally of 200 demonstrators shouted, according to the public radio station. Intifada is the Arabic-language word for a violent uprising. "There is no place for anti-Semitism in Swedish society," Lofven said in a statement. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #6 #4 - "Attractive Nuisance" |
| Posted by: Frank G 2017-12-12 14:29 |
| #5 Malmo police front man Lars Forstell told AFP that the incident is being investigated But not to include entry into the Muslim Quarter, which is too dangerous. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2017-12-12 14:25 |
| #4 They should close the building as it's forcing peaceful muslims to firebomb it and risk burns. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2017-12-12 13:30 |
| #3 Once is a minor arson incident, twice is random coincidence, three times is Islamophobia. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2017-12-12 12:52 |
| #2 Abu Sven |
| Posted by: Frank G 2017-12-12 08:40 |
| #1 Malmo police front man Lars Forstell told AFP that the incident is being investigated "as an attempted arson" and that the motive is unclear. Of course not Lars |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2017-12-12 07:59 |