Tensions in the southern Swedish university town of Malmo flared up again over the eviction of squatters, resulting in two nights of violent rioting. Riot police from Gothenburg and Stockholm were called in to provide support for their besieged colleagues who were pelted with Molotov cocktails, rocks and other debris.
Regional police spokesman Charley Nilsson told The Local newspaper “we don’t think it’s over yet. We think it’s going to continue and we have to be prepared to work around the clock.” He requested specially trained police units from around Sweden to come to Malmo and help deal with the crisis.
Tensions have been high in Malmo’s mainly immigrant district of Rosengard ever since police forcibly evicted three squatters who had been occupying an Islamic cultural centre. During the height of the recent rioting in Rosengard, protestors hurled Molotov cocktails and issued bomb threats against a petrol station.
Police spokeswoman Ewa-Gun Westford could not even guess how many police vehicles have been damaged during the riots; such was the extent of the rioting. Local protestors were apparently joined by left-wing extremists from outside the area. To make matters worse, Malmo’s fire and rescue units refused to enter the riot area because their safety could not be guaranteed.
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Wow. I am watching the decline and fall of the west. Just call me Gibbon. Rome fell from apathy and malaise. I see the same thing here. Make everyone work or they don’t eat, it is very simple. That will take care of a lot of apathy and hunger will give the lazy bums a sense of purpose.
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Living in blekinge i am following these riots which have been recurring again and again.
It is a sad situation that could be easily avoided.If there were more communication between the protesting people and the governing bodies.Most of the immigrants comming to sweden are Iraqis.They have come here recently do not know the language or the culture ,most are not educated enough.They neither speak English or Swedish.They will never learn swedish anyways because from what i hear they are not allowed to work or travel.I some times wonder what they do with all their time.As we all know An Idle mans brain is the Devils workshop.
Some resort to religion to make use of their time.Religion gives them a sense of purpose in life.By closing the Cultural Centre which actually serves as a make shift mosque ,the authorities are taking away the only sense of purpose they have.
As muslims we are more inclined to our religion than people of other religions.As a student studying at a Swedish university we get to interact with Immigrants and most of them are pretty good folk.
They i believe are more receptive to reason than the Swedish authorities.Why dont they let them have a cultural centre at a different place.And why the hell do the authorities not allow the cultural centres to be named as Mosques.The centres are defacto mosques any way.