Rioters in Sweden protest police shooting of machete-wielding man

[Baluarte]

Authorities say at least 100 cars were damaged after protesters set a garage on fire reportedly because police shot and killed a 69-year-old man earlier this month.

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Riots" and "Stockholm" are two concepts that rarely pair up.

But on Monday, angry masked youths in a suburb of the Swedish capital took to the streets to set fire to cars, toss rocks at police and ignite a parking garage. The disturbance was believed to be set off by the fatal shooting by police earlier this month of a 69-year-old man who allegedly attacked them with a machete.

Authorities said at least 100 cars were damaged, and the fire in the garage forced an evacuation of an apartment building. About 50 residents were sheltered temporarily in buses.

Police said that when they responded to the trouble in the suburb of Husby - a neighborhood in the western part of the city occupied mainly by immigrants, they were met by masked youths hurling rocks at them. Three officers were injured.


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Officers face angry, masked youths hurling rocks in the country's capital.

Residents said they had gathered to protest against the shooting death and that police responded by sending in SWAT teams that cordoned off the area.

"I understand that people react like this," said Rami Al-Khamisi from the organization Megafonen, which represents citizens in Stockholm's suburbs. The organization charged in a statement to the media that police had used excessive violence against the rioters and attacked passers-by with batons and dogs.


No arrests were reported during the disturbance.

Police say they have launched an internal probe to investigate the death of the elderly man. They said the victim was shot in self-defense because he had attacked police with a knife when they broke down the door to an apartment, where he had locked himself up with a woman.

swilliams@nydailynews.com


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Husby, Stockholm

Husby has 11,551 inhabitants as of December 31, 2007.
Husby is located on the blue (T11) Metro line. The main construction of modern Husby, with its multi-level concrete apartment buildings, started in 1972 as part of the Million Programme. The subway station was opened in 1977 and the train takes approx. 20 minutes to Stockholm City. The name of the suburb was taken from a former royal farm, still located in the area. The streets of Husby are named after cities in Norway.
Today, Husby has a large population of immigrants from all over the world. 81.9% of the inhabitants have a first- or second-generation foreign background as of December 31, 2007

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No arrests made. Such a strong response from the Swedes.

[Styggnacke]

http://www.expressen.se/tv/nyheter/primetime/bilar-i-brand-i-husby/

Typically, some immgrant organization blame everything on others: http://www.expressen.se/tv/nyheter/primetime/megafonen-om-handelsen-i-husby/

[WOOHP]

This make me think of the Paris Riots (http//https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_civil_unrest_in_France)


Summary statistics

Started: 17:20 on Thursday, 27 October 2005 in Clichy-sous-Bois.
Towns affected: 274 (on 7 November[30])
Property damage: 8,973 vehicles (Not including buildings).
Monetary damage: Estimated at €200 Million.
Arrests: 2,888
Deaths: 2 (Salah Gaham and Jean-Jacques Le Chenadec)
Police and firefighters injured: 126
Well there you go Sweden- That's your future in 5-10 years from now.

[Mazik]

The best and most neutral summary of the riots I have seen so far (in Swedish):

https://www.flashback.org/sp43534399

[Baluarte]

Second day of riots shake Sweden

SOME 200 youths have hurled rocks at police and set cars ablaze in a suburb of Stockholm in the second day of rioting triggered by an incident in which police shot and killed a man wielding a knife.

Dozens of windows were smashed, 10 cars and several containers were set on fire, and seven police were injured. Cars and containers were also set ablaze in another Stockholm suburb, Fittja, although police said it was not clear the two events were linked.

The unrest began on Sunday night, apparently in response to the May 13 shooting, in which police killed a 69-year-old man, armed with a knife, who had locked himself in an apartment in Husby, an area west of Stockholm predominantly populated by immigrants.

Police refused to give the nationality of the victim, whose death is regarded by many locals as another instance of police brutality.

Six youths were arrested on Tuesday, but two were released after questioning, local police spokesman Jorgen Karlsson said.




The events in Husby have stirred debate in Sweden, known for its strong welfare state and egalitarian society but which has seen the biggest surge in inequality of any OECD country over the past 25 years, according to a recent publication by the global economic watchdog.

"This is not OK. We will not give in to violence," Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt said.

"We must all help out to regain calm. The residents of Husby need to get their neighbourhood back."

Reinfeldt added that Husby - where around 80 per cent of the roughly 11,000 residents are first or second-generation immigrants - has been going in the right direction during his seven-year tenure, with employment increasing and crime falling.

[Infinte]

What are the country backgrounds of these criminals/immigrants?

[Baluarte]

"Today, Husby has a large population of immigrants, mostly from Turkey, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Somalia"

[Banjo]

And of course someone is screaming allahu akbar when they kick down a police man:
http://www.dagbladet.no/2013/05/20/nyheter/husby/stockholm/opptoyer/27267831/

[Baldur]

Its just stupid logic. They are making cutbacks in our area, so lets burn down our neighbours cars.

[Infinte]

Husby seems to have become like the infamous Rosengarden.

[Baldur]

Husby seems to have become like the infamous Rosengarden.

Meh Rosengård is a lot more calm today.

[Infinte]

I figure out, but I used to hear a lot about Rosengard 4-6 years ago, and it had became famous as the 'muslim ghetto' of Europe.

[Baldur]

I figure out, but I used to hear a lot about Rosengard 4-6 years ago, and it had became famous as the 'muslim ghetto' of Europe.

By that logic you assume everyone living in Rosengård is a religious muslim. Which is completely untrue. But yeah american media really loved the image of "muslims" ganging up on police. When in reality it was kids, that for some reason represented all the citizens of Rosengård at that moment.

[American_Hispanist]

Police need to do what they do here in USA to niggas, either shoot them or throw them in Jail. problem solved. :)

[Baldur]

Police need to do what they do here in USA to niggas, either shoot them or throw them in Jail. problem solved. :)

No because the problem is also the laws, they would probably get out within 2-3 months.

[American_Hispanist]

No because the problem is also the laws, they would probably get out within 2-3 months.

get people together to make laws more tougher, or otherwise, do nothing and shut up. :)

[Graham]

London riots were started in a similar way.. Police shooting. There's a deep paranoia in urban migrant communities.

[mr. logan]

Paranoia? You can´t organize the burn down of 100 cars in a garage cause some crazy ass was shot. Why enter the site, carrying a lot of gas and start the fire? This was planned, they knew what was the target. Not some riot.
Now the swedish police can start hypnotherapeutic sessions for some months to deal with the traumatic moment.

[Jackson]

Very similar to how London riots started.

[Baldur]

Its funny because the only people who will gain from this are the ones they probably hate the most the Sverigedemokraterna.

[archangel]

Swedish spring :cool: lol joke

[Jackson]

Its funny because the only people who will gain from this are the ones they probably hate the most the Sverigedemokraterna.

I guess there's a real shortage of smart people in these sort of places, that don't think through the consequences before they do something.

[Baldur]

I guess there's a real shortage of smart people in these sort of places, that don't think through the consequences before they do something.

Nope i feel bad for the people living in these neighbourhoods that are decent people, but get their car burned just because some kids thinks its cool and fun to attack the police, yet i bet the police is the first thing they will call whenever they are in danger or need help.

[Jackson]

Nope i feel bad for the people living in these neighbourhoods that are decent people, but get their car burned just because some kids thinks its cool and fun to attack the police, yet i bet the police is the first thing they will call whenever they are in danger or need help.

Well that's who i was talking about, the people committing the crime, not the victims. And yeah i agree.

[Sunphq]

Well there you go Sweden- That's your future in 5-10 years from now.

No offense but you're an American from Detroit - this is already a reality for you.

[Banjo]

These kids are gonna take care of me when I am old? :D

[RussiaPrussia]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFE0qAiofMQ

lets remember what Barbara Lerner Spectre told us (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Lerner_Spectre)

[robar]

Sweden should declare Martial law and shoot the "protesters"

[Vasconcelos]

Apparently the 69 year old man was a Portuguese who was married to a Finnish woman.

[Baluarte]

Perfect excuse to riot and loot.
No matter if his wife nor the family guy are asking for it >.>

[The Lawspeaker]

Sweden should declare Martial law and shoot the "protesters"

I agree. And there should be warning shots either. Just real ammunition and shots pointed at the chest or forehead.

[Lux Aeterna]

What prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt (Moderaterna) and Jimmy Åkesson (Sverige Demokraterna) had to say about the riots


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27yeoAt2XrU

who do you think made more sense, my fellow Swedish speakers?

[Baluarte]

Swedish Democrats have commented on the subject:

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‘Lack of public debate on immigration caused Stockholm riots’

Sweden should put its political correctness aside and start an open debate on immigration as it’s the only way to avoid a repeat of the Stockholm riots, Mishra Mrutyuanjai, Swedish Democrats movement member, told RT.

Stockholm is reeling as two schools, a police station and dozens of cars were set ablaze in the fifth night of riots.

Twelve people were arrested as rioters and police clashed with stone throwing youths in poor, largely immigrant districts of the Swedish capital.

Blogger and social commentator, Mishra Mrutyuanjai, believes Sweden has full right to apply restrictive immigration policies when there aren’t many jobs to offer to the people who come to the country.

RT: You are a member of the Swedish Democrats known for their have an anti-immigration stance. Youth unemployment in the suburb at the center of these riots is close to 30 per cent – is that to blame?

Mishra Mrutyuanjai: Let me start by saying that I’m a member of the Swedish Democratic Party, which stands for fair immigration policy. It’s not an anti-immigration political party. Secondly, I think what has really caused these riots is, you know, a lack of open debate. And, you know, many rioters including myself have warned for long time that this kind of things do happen and now they’re happening.

RT: Riots flared up in an immigrant suburb of Malmo five years ago, and violence is hitting Stockholm now. What can be done to stop it from happening again?

MM: What really is required in Sweden is to shed this guard of political correctness. We’ve had this is Sweden… one of my good Swedish friends has said to me: in Denmark, you have an open debate; in Norway, you have a half-open debate; and in Sweden you have, actually, a closed debate. What we, actually, should start doing in Sweden is to start debating about things among other issues like what we recently now see happening in Stockholm.

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RT: Are there similarities between these riots and others, like the London riots of 2011, or those in the suburbs of Paris that flare from time to time?

MM: Well, there are similarities and there are also arguments for that it’s quite unique because one must understand that Sweden is a very generous welfare state. It, actually, had given more to its immigrants than is the case in France or London. But the thing is that it’s a never-ending story like, I mean, the demands keep on increasing. Probably it’s high time that Sweden starts making demands on its immigrants and say: well, you have to learn the language; well, you have something more to do to get employment etc. and etc.

RT: Do you think that the measures are you talking about will be able to improve the situation and how soon it can happen?

MM: Well, this very generous and open immigration policy has resulted in a kind of ghettoized suburbs. And you see these problems emerging from these suburbs. So, first and foremost, there’s a need of a very realistic immigration policy which means that when there aren’t so many jobs that there’s a need of some restrictive and selective immigration policy. And this is in the interests of immigrants. Mind you, these aren’t just Swedish people saying this. I’ve written this in my blog that immigrants want that they should be getting jobs before they keep on inviting more and more people to Sweden.

[RussiaPrussia]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lDk1F9N4pg

[RussiaPrussia]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwBHkRSzmsY