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Five held after armed robbery at Malmö apartment

Police in the Swedish city of Malmö have arrested five men on suspiction of carrying out an armed robbery at an apartment in the district of Rosengård.

Published: 15 May 2019 14:45 CEST
Five held after armed robbery at Malmö apartment
Malmö police dispatched a large number of police cars. Photo: Johan Nilsson/TT
Police rushed to the scene after the robbery was reported at around 12pm on Wednesday, arriving in time to catch two of the suspected perpetrators while they were still close to the building. 
 
The woman who lived at the apartment was uninjured, but the man was taken to hospital to have his injuries treated. 
 
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“According to our information, one of the victims was wounded and he has been taken to hospital for a check up so that we can get information on what caused them,” police spokesperson Peter Kjällkvist told state broadcaster SVT. 
 
A third suspect was seized shortly after the police's arrival and two more have since been arrested. Police have so far not confirmed either what weapon was used or what was stolen.  
 
An anonymous witness, however, told SVT that shots had been fired. “I heard a scream and then later a shot from inside the stairwell,” they said. 
 
Rosengård, in the south of Malmö, is classed as a “specially vulnerable area” by Swedish police. Around 90 percent of residents are first or second generation immigrants. 

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POLITICS

Over a thousand people join protest against Stockholm attack

Over a thousand people joined a demonstration in Gubbängen, southern Stockholm, on Saturday, protesting Wednesday's attack by far-right extremists on a lecture organised by the Left and Green parties.

Published: 27 April 2024 15:36 CEST
Over a thousand people join protest against Stockholm attack

The demonstration, which was organised by the Left Party and the Green Party together with Expo, an anti-extremist magazine, was held outside the Moment theatre, where masked assailants attacked a lecture organised by the two parties on Wednesday. 

In the attack, the assailants – described as Nazis by Expo – let off smoke grenades and assaulted several people, three of whom were hospitalised. 

“Let’s say it how it is: this was a terror attack and that is something we can never accept,” said Amanda Lind, who is expected to be voted in as the joint leader of the Green Party on Sunday. 

She said that those who had attended the lecture had hoped to swap ideas about how to combat racism. 

“Instead they had to experience smoke bombs, assault and were forced to think ‘have they got weapons’?. The goal of this attack was to use violence to generate fear and silence people,” she said.  

EXPLAINED: What we know about the attack on a Swedish anti-fascist meeting

More than a thousand people gathered to protest the attack on a theatre in Gubbängen, Stockholm. Photo: Oscar Olsson/TT

Nooshi Dadgostar, leader of the Left Party, said that that society needed to stand up against this type of extreme-right violence. 

“We’re here today to show that which should be obvious: we will not give up, we will stand up for ourselves, and we shall never be silenced by racist violence,” said said.

Sofia Zwahlen, one of the protesters at the demonstration, told the DN newspaper that it felt positive that so many had turned up to show their opposition to the attacks. 

“It feels extremely good that there’s been this reaction, that we are coming together. I’m always a little worried about going to this sort of demonstration. But this feels safe.”

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