Continuous explosions rock immigrant city Malmö, Sweden -- 4 this week, 30 this year

[Mr. Ambien]

Four grenade attacks this week have rocked Malmo, the third largest city in Sweden, prompting police to sound an alarm over the increasing violence. Multiple explosions, shootings and arson struck the city, which has a large migrant population.

On Sunday, the southern Swedish city of Malmo saw the fourth grenade attack in under a week as the a hand grenade was detonated in a car park in the district of Värnhem in the morning, local media reported.

The attack came after a blast on Friday in the Solbacken neighborhood, which occurred less than 12 hours after another explosion in the residential area of Limhamn in the west, and two days after a car bomb attack that injured a man outside a community center in the south.

It is the thirtieth explosive attack since the New Year. We have a situation that is serious, said the Malmö police chief, Stefan Sintéus, about the explosion on Friday, as quoted by the Local.se on Saturday.

The local police have called for expert help from the national police operational department. We have asked for shared expertise on various issues, said Lars Förstell, a spokesperson for the citys police, as quoted by the media.

This weeks unrest continues a series of numerous shootings, explosions and arsons that have occurred since the beginning of the year in Malmo, infamous for high crime rates, multi-ethnic and gang-related violence.

Since the beginning of 2015, 18 explosions rocked the city prompting the Swedish police's national bomb squad (NSB) to be called in. Over the whole 2014 a total of 25 explosions took place which shows a significant increase, Goran Mansson, head of NSB Malmo, told regional newspaper Sydsvenskan on Friday.

Police said they believe this weeks explosions are linked with the court sentencing of three young men on July 10 for their roles in the Christmas Eve bombing in Rosengard the city district which has been dubbed by media as Swedens most notorious refugee ghetto. The Financial Times reported that nine out of 10 in Rosengard have a foreign background.

Following the spike in violence in the neighborhood in June, police announced that they would step up their presence in known trouble-hit areas such as Rosengard and Seved.

Rosengard, a district in Malmo, was built in the 1960s and has long been associated with immigrants. Over 80 percent of residents there are immigrants, hailing from the Middle East, Africa and Eastern Europe. Only 38 percent of residents in the district are employed, according to the Economist, prompting restive youth to take to rioting and crime.

Forstell told RT that there are 30 to 40 people with criminal background and weapons in the city. He explained that criminal activity is connected with internal conflicts between different gangs or ethnic groups.

Some of these people are involved in selling drugs and some of them are in other kinds of economic relations with each other and are not happy with the way things work out. Its more of a business-like conflict, he said.

According to statistics provided by local authorities, 31 percent of the citys 300, 000 population were born abroad and nearly 41 percent of the residents have a foreign background. The main countries from which immigration takes place are ones which have been recently plagued by conflicts migrant groups from Iraq, Syria, the former Yugoslavia and Somalia are among them. The data also says that the Muslim population constitutes about 20 percent of Malmos population; this is one of the most significant percentages in Scandinavian cities.

Adrian Groglopo, professor of social science at the University of Gothenburg said that the conflicts are fueled by racial and economic tensions.

People growing up in different areas segregated racially and economically are trying to keep their own business, protect their own areas and sometimes create a very violent climate, he told RT.

Malmo is a rather young city and its population is mostly young as well, with almost half under the age of 35, according to local authorities.

In March, a secondary school Varner Ryden in Malmos Rosengard had to close due to increasing tensions between students that resulted in violence. "Fighting among the students means that security can't be guaranteed," said Catharina Niwhede at the National Union of Teachers in Malmo to the local Sydsvenskan daily. A nearby Ortagard school closed last autumn as well.fdgfdg

Groglopo believes that the young population is being hit the hardest by the racism and segregation in Sweden.

We have living conditions which are not good for the youth, thats one of the problems, he explains.

He also pointed to the problem of unemployment in Sweden which is about 8-9 percent and for young people its about 25 percent. He stressed that one of the main problems is ethnic discrimination in the labor market as most of the unemployed are not Swedes.

In the last 15 years the gap between the rich and the poor has grown enormously and of course it has racial connotations you find very rich people that are white people and the poor people are non-white people, he added.

He urged the Swedish government to implement political measures for non-discrimination. There have been controversial incidents involving security forces and refugees, among which was the February case at the Malmo train station. The incident involved a refugee child reciting an Islamic prayer and a law enforcement officer who pushed the child onto the ground, sat on him holding his hands over his mouth. A further child watching the altercation was detained by the other guard.

Though the actions of the guards caused a nationwide stir, in April the prosecutors said that they will not be charged.

Sweden is going through political period very complex and bad, Groglopo said. We [are witnessing] a raise of fascism and Nazism in Swedenthey are getting political power.

Two major polls (by YouGov for Sweden's Metro newspaper and Novus) conducted in June showed that the far-right anti-immigration party Sweden Democrats has the support of about 20 percent of Swedish voters.

Meanwhile, according to figures from the EU's statistics watchdog, Eurostat, issued in May, Sweden has been taking in a larger share of asylum seekers than any other EU state compared to its existing population size. Swedens population is about 9.6 million while in 2014 asylum was granted to more than 33,000 refugees, the report said.

http://www.foxnews.com/ne...o-blasts-crime

Seems to happen where the immigrants congregate. I take it this city isn't going to make the Forbes 'Best Places to Live' list.

[Mr. Ambien]

Malmö attacks part of ‘spiral of retaliation’

Sweden’s third largest city was shaken by a suspected grenade attack overnight as police confirmed that the recent wave of violence in the city is linked to a row over a recent court verdict.

Just two days after a blast outside a community centre destroyed two cars and injured one man in the south of the city, several cars and homes were damaged in another suspected grenade attack in Limham in western Malmö.

Emergency services were called to the scene at around 3am after receiving calls from several worried locals living in nearby apartments.

No one is understood to have been hurt in the incident, but according to the TT news agency, many witnesses appeared shocked by the violence.

Later on Thursday morning Malmö police chief Stefan Sintéus said he believed that the attack was connected to the blast on Tuesday when a hand grenade was thrown in a car park outside a community hall in industrial area (Norra Grängesbergsgatan) close to the Rosengård suburb which has a reputation for violence and gang related crimes.

He added that the latest unrest was linked to a case which saw three young men sentenced for their roles in a bombing in Rosengård on Christmas eve.

“This is about a few people who are having a dispute with one another and are in a spiral of retaliation,” he told the TT news agency.

“They are ruthless and this is extremely serious,” he added.

Malmö has experienced a summer of violence with numerous shootings and explosions taking place in recent weeks.

Police have previously linked some of the unrest to an increased import of illegal weapons and recently called for tougher border controls on the Öresund bridge between Sweden and Denmark in a bid to tackle the problem.

Last month they also revealed that they were stepping up their presence in known trouble-hit areas such as Rosengård and Seved, where they announced around 30 people believed to be from criminal backgrounds were being tracked by officers.

http://www.thelocal.se/20150723/malm-attacks-part-of-spiral-of-retaliation

Not a good environment to live in at all.

[Lancaster]

The solution is obvious.... more laws against hand grenades and other explosives!!!

/sarcasm

[Big_Proof]

Sweden is becoming a third world country.

[Jägermeister]

Ah so immigrants = explosions.

That explains all the explosions we have here in the Lower Mainland.

[Jägermeister]

I understand the point you're trying to make with all of these threads, but your narrative isn't doing anything to actually change what people think. It just makes you another person on an extreme end of the specturm.

Guess I can't complain too much though. In the end it does provide a lot of entertainment.

[drummer4now]

Ah so immigrants = explosions.

That explains all the explosions we have here in the Lower Mainland.

Don't worry it's just Mr.Ambien using the opportunity to post thread after thread of negative Muslim news..

He does this every few months.

Our old chap Mr. Heretic tried to continue this trend, but failed miserably.

Move along folks.

[drummer4now]

I understand the point you're trying to make with all of these threads, but your narrative isn't doing anything to actually change what people think. It just makes you another person on an extreme end of the specturm.

Yes!

[Mr. Ambien]

Don't worry it's just Mr.Ambien using the opportunity to post thread after thread of negative Muslim news..

He does this every few months.

Our old chap Mr. Heretic tried to continue this trend, but failed miserably.

Move along folks.

[Kragar]

Don't worry it's just Mr.Ambien using the opportunity to post thread after thread of negative Muslim news..

He does this every few months.

Our old chap Mr. Heretic tried to continue this trend, but failed miserably.

Move along folks.

So, we should ignore anything that paints the national paragon of Sweden in anything but a good light? Many people on CDC have held up Sweden and other similar countries with large social programs and practices as ideal places to live.

Assuming the article is accurate, it appears evident that numerous employers in Sweden are practicing racism by having an extraordinary number of immigrants being unemployed in this area. The country's third largest city (albeit a small one at 300K people) is on pace to have 50-60 explosions this year. But I guess these things aren't all that bad, since they are not happening in the US.

And where are these people getting grenades from, let alone guns? Sweden has some serious gun laws last I checked.

Mr. A's delivery may not appeal to you, but if the story is valid, it shouldn't be ignored.

[BeefcakeBo]

Don't worry it's just Mr.Ambien using the opportunity to post thread after thread of negative Muslim news..

He does this every few months.

Our old chap Mr. Heretic tried to continue this trend, but failed miserably.

Move along folks.

Maybe he just couldn't find any positive Muslim news.

[drummer4now]

Maybe he just couldn't find any positive Muslim news.

Or maybe your just a closet bigot? Works either way..