Stockholm Riots - Alby - Arson & Stone Throwing - Riot Police, Helicopter & Piketgruppen ('SWAT') Job

---------------------------------------- ARTICLE ---------------------------------------- Google Translation Swedish to English In Brief SWEDEN RIOT - Mon. 18 Jan 2016 Riot, arson & stoning suburbs   Suburbs affected: Alby Huddinge Masmo  *No indication if arrests made Stockholm Piketen ie Stockholm Piketgruppen / Swedish 'SWAT' emergency response team Helicopter & on-ground riot police used (appear to be different to Piketen?) / although translation of 'picket' would be demonstration, protest or strike Police must guard auto-parts business from arson attack Word 'ignited' has been edited for word 'stabbed' & 'Nyhter Idag' for 'News Today' which appeared in original Google Translation Throwing stones at police and several arson in Stockholm suburb Published: 18-01-2016 23:43 STOCKHOLM A building and several cars ignited Monday evening in a fire in connection with the unrest in the Stockholm suburb of Alby. - This concerns a gang of youths in the 30 to 40 young people, said police duty officer Magnus Modig to Nyheter Idag. Monday night has been unrest in the suburbs along the metro's red line towards Norsborg. Shortly before ten o'clock at night ignited two cars on fire in Masmo in Huddinge. An hour later the alarm about a building near a kindergarten on fire in Alby in Botkyrka, two subway stations further out on the red line. - We got the call that there was a building that was on fire, and when we went out there with emergency we were subjected to stone throwing, tell the police officer in charge Magnus Modig for Nyheter Idag. - Then, it has been lit on fire an unknown number of cars and vehicles in the area. This concerns a gang of youths in the 30 to 40 young people who have been running around, right now we are beginning to get the situation under control. Modig had Monday evening no information on whether the police managed to arrest anyone for the arson and stoning. There were then also no offense to the unrest, but it was inclined they will be classified as violent riots. - Of course, we will sign a police report on the fire and damage to these vehicles, and then there will be riots or violent riots I can not comment on, but it looks as though it will be on the rubric given the number of young people and how they have appeared in the area, says Modig. Police took a helicopter from the air and equipped with riot police on the ground to get control of the situation. Even Stockholm Piketen [comment:  ie Piketgruppen Sweden's police 'SWAT' emergency response team] was in place and chased the youths. Outside the auto parts store, near ICA Maxi Botkyrka, put the police and fire up a breakpoint where the overnight stood ready to respond and extinguish more arson.   [comment:  it looks like they have police stationed outside an auto-parts store] English Translation https://archive.is/DLUxl Original http://nyheteridag.se/valdsamt-upplopp-och-anlagda-brander-i-stockholmsforort/ ** Comment:  'ICA Maxi Botkyrka' - appears to be a supermarket or convenience store. ---------------------------------------- COMMENT Sweden politicians and public servants wouldn't want Sweden Democrats complaining about this kind of cultural enrichment. ---------------------------------------- Europa-Evropa ᛞ ᛞ

Gothenburg Discothèque Fire (1998) - Hisingen Island, Gothenburg, Sweden

---------------------------------------- 1998 ---------------------------------------- Gothenburg discothèque fire October 29, 1998 high school Halloween celebration Arson attack Hisingen Island Gothenburg, Sweden Rented by organisation for Macedonian community in Gothenburg for hosting discothèque On premises: 376 youths, 12-25 years (various ethnic backgrounds) Safety: only safe for 150 persons (fire dept) Dead: 63 killed Injured: 200 - 50 seriously Speculation that fire had been xenophobic or racist Swedish arson attack. Posters distributed around Gothenburg - ie incitement and threat against native Swedes: "60 young immigrants have died, now 60 Swedes must die." Later ascertained x4 suspected arsonists were immigrants (from Iran) 1999 - 2 suspects arrested but later released. 1999 - 3 million kroner reward for information. 2000 - 3 suspects taken into custody (later, 4th suspect arrested) No preliminary investigation against organisers of discothèque Police Prosecution fire set by four teenagers aged 17–19 who were denied entry x4 charged & found guilty of aggravated arson Shoresh Kaveh (firestarter) -- 8 years prison sentence (2000) Housein Arsani -- 6 years prison sentence Mohammad Mohammadamini --  6 years prison sentence Meysam Mohammadyeh (minor at time of offence) -- 3 years juvenile care facility TWO verdicts raised to 7 years on appeal. Thomas Bodström later became Minister for Justice in Sweden acted as prosecutor on behalf of the victims SOURCE https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gothenburg_discoth%C3%A8que_fire COMMENT Ridiculous sentencing considering seriousness of crime committed. Sixty-three (63) people were killed, 50 were seriously injured and 150 people were otherwise injured. For comparison in terms of victim numbers only (in neighbouring Norway), Anders Behring Breivik killed 77 persons and injured 209. So that's: Killers Sweden (immigrant) 63 killed 200 injured Killer Norway 77 killed 209 injured Breivik got 21 years (but nobody expects Breivik to ever see the light of day again): "However, his demeanor, testimony and declaration that he would have liked to kill more people helped convince the judges that, however lenient the sentence seems, Mr. Breivik is unlikely ever to be released from prison. He could be kept there indefinitely by judges adding a succession of five-year extensions to his sentence." [NYT] While the Breivik attack was the more premeditated, hostile, and aggressive attack of the two, the arson attack is nonetheless a deliberate and highly hostile act that resulted in an enormous loss of lives and in a large number of injured persons.  Thomas Bodstrom cannot have been much of a prosecutor, or there is something seriously amiss in the Swedish justice system, going by the number or dead etc. and the light sentences the offenders received. NOTE As at event of 1998 (17 years ago), there was *already* evidence of ethnic tensions in Sweden, by way of death threats / threats of reprisal to native Swedes (who were not responsible). ---------------------------------------- Europa-Evropa ᛞ ᛞ