Bomb rådhuset sverige
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The year has begun with a number of explosions around the country. And Tuesday, January 28, was no exception.
The police were alerted at 3 am about an explosion in Ödåkra outside Helsingborg. Something had detonated at a villa and caused minor damage to the property.
An hour later, a new explosion occurred, this time in connection with an apartment building in Kärrtorp in southern Stockholm. There was minor damage to a door.
At am, the police were alerted about an explosion at an apartment building in Bagarmossen in southern Stockholm. A window or balcony door was damaged. The police have arrested two people who were already wanted in another case.
At lunchtime, two grenade-like objects were found near buildings in Blåsut in southern Stockholm. The police later carried out a controlled detonation of the objects.
At pm, an alarm was raised about a loud bang in Årstaberg in southern Stockholm. Some form of detonation had occurred. A window in a door to an apartment building was shattered.
Just before pm, a year-old man was shot to death at the train station in Lund. Several shots were fired. A younger man has been arrested.
Already at 1 am on Tuesday night, a shooting had o
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Sweden's explosions this year: What's going on?
Swedish police are dealing with unprecedented levels of attacks, targeting city centre locations too. The bomb squad was called to deal with 97 explosions in the first nine months of this year.
"I grew up here and you feel like that environment gets violated," says Joel,
The front door of his apartment block in the central Stockholm neighbourhood of Sodermalm was blown out and windows were shattered along the street.
Who is to blame?
This category of crime was not even logged prior to Then, in , there were explosions and in the past two months alone the bomb squad have been called to almost
"Bangers, improvised explosives and hand grenades" are behind most of the blasts, says Linda H Straaf, head of intelligence at Sweden's National Operations Department.
The attacks are usually carried out by criminal gangs to scare rival groups or their close friends or family, she says.
"This is a serious situation, but most people shouldn't be worried, because they are not going to be affected."
Teams have been sent to work with gang
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It's about brottsligt bangers and chrysanthemum bombs, which are part of powerful fireworks devices.
About half of the explosions we've seen in Sweden in a criminal context have consisted of various types of pyrotechnic products or objects, says Malin Nygren, head of the national bomb uppgifter center at the Police, to TV4.
In , there were explosions in the country, and 35 in January this year. In Skåne, 15 cases involving fireworks bombs from the past year are being investigated.
A reason for the increase fryst vatten believed to be that pyrotechnics are easy to use and easier to get hold of than, for example, construction dynamite. The police suspect that fireworks bombs may increase, according to an internal PM that Kalla detaljer has taken part of.
According to the police, they are working to counter the bekymmer, among other things through enhanced cooperation between authorities and with other EU countries.
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By TT. This article has been altered and translated by Sweden Herald