Many Swedes were horrified in early 2017 when U.S. President Donald Trump linked immigration to rising crime in Sweden, but an increasing number now agree with him.
Amid soaring crime rates, gang violence, complaints about education, and pregnant mothers even being turned away from maternity wards due to a lack of capacity, resentment in Sweden has built over the influx of more than 600,000 immigrants over the past five years.
And tonight is one of the worst night for violence in recent history as police report multiple gangs of masked youths rampaging across three major Swedish cities, setting cars on fire in what seems like a coordinated action.
Multiple arson attacks on vehicles in #Gothenburg tonight
– An estimated 15 cars alleged to have been torched
– Youths with molotov cocktails are reported to have set fire to the vehicles
– Other arson attacks reported in Trollhättan
– Ongoing#Sweden #Göteborg #svpol #breaking pic.twitter.com/ygKsdaW17N— Intelligence Fusion (@IntellFusion) August 13, 2018
As The Daily Mail reports, police said they were dealing with multiple fires as dramatic footage showed youths targeting vehicles in a shopping centre and hospital car park at Frölunda Torg, south-west of Gothenburg.
Sinnesjukt vilka pack #frölunda #hjällbo #göteborg pic.twitter.com/cseqaRYR6H
— Johan Jansson (@JJohanJJansson) August 13, 2018
Videon som visar Sveriges förfall med bilbränderna på Frölunda torg i Göteborg togs ner på Facebook efter att den på en timme fått över 150 000 visningar! ?
RETWEETA SÅ ATT ALLA FÅR SE VAD SOM PÅGÅR I SVERIGE! ???#AfS2018 #svpol #val2018 #FrölundaTorg pic.twitter.com/7jtNPVC8FH
— Alternativ för ?? Sverige (@AfS_riks) August 13, 2018
There were also reports of young people setting cars on fire in Hjällbo in the north of Gothenburg and further reports of fires in Trollhättan, although police were last night unsure whether the various blazes were related.
BREAKING: Serious situation in Sweden. Youths torched around 14 cars near a shopping centre in Gothenburg pic.twitter.com/Ia9vbMnNV0
— Voice of Europe ? (@V_of_Europe) August 13, 2018
Cars were also reported on fire in Malmo, at the southern tip of the country, and in Helsingborg, further south than Gothenburg.
Photos from Gothenburg in Sweden right now.
It's a war zone. https://t.co/UTl9m3JhXV
— Peter Imanuelsen (@PeterSweden7) August 13, 2018
Police report that the situation is under control and they remain on the premises to keep order.
Frölunda: A group of about 6-8 masked youth fires and throws stones. 31 cars have burned and in addition to these 35 cars are injured. Nobody is arrested.
Nordost: A group of about 8-10 young people throws stones and fires. 15 cars have burned. Nobody is arrested.
Trollhättan: A larger group of about 30-40 young people throws stones and fires. Six cars have burned and another few cars must be damaged. Here roads have been blocked by youngsters and they have even thrown stones against the police and their vehicles. At the moment, identification of young people is ongoing.
When most fires started within a short period of time, it can not be excluded that there is a connection between the fires, the case will be investigated. Polish patrons will remain in the affected areas as long as it is considered necessary.
It is no surprise then, as we noted previously, judging by the latest polls, the rise of extreme populist groups in Sweden is accelerating fast.
As Reuters reports, dozens of people have been killed in the past two years in attacks in the capital Stockholm and other big cities by gangs that are mostly from run-down suburbs dominated by immigrants.
With public calls growing for tougher policies on crime and immigration, support has risen for the ironically named, Sweden Democrats, a party with neo-Nazi roots that wants to freeze immigration and to hold a referendum on Sweden’s membership of the European Union.
Their worried mainstream rivals have started moving to the right on crime and immigration to try to counter the Sweden Democrats’ threat in the Sept. 9 election. But so far, they are playing into the hands of the far-right.
“Right now they (mainstream parties) are competing over who can set out the most restrictive policies,” said Deputy Prime Minister Isabella Lovin, whose Green Party is part of a minority government led by the Social Democratic Party.
“It clearly benefits the Sweden Democrats.”
Opinion polls put the Sweden Democrats on about 20 percent support, up from the 13 percent of votes they secured in the 2014 election and the 5.7 percent which saw them enter parliament for the first time in 2010.
The Sweden Democrats’ rise on the back of anti-immigration sentiment mirrors gains for right-wing, populist and anti-establishment parties in other European countries such as Italy, France, Germany, Poland, Hungary, Slovenia and Austria.
The Sweden Democrats still trail the Social Democratic Party but has overtaken the main opposition Moderates in many polls. All mainstream parties have ruled out working with them.
But they could emerge from the election as kingmakers, and a strong election showing could force the next government to take their views into consideration when shaping policy.
Their policies include a total freeze on asylum seekers and accepting refugees only from Sweden’s neighbors in the future. They also want tougher penalties for crime and more powers for police, and say tax cuts and higher spending on welfare could be funded by cutting the immigration budget.
Jimmie Akesson, the leader of the Sweden Democratic party, has described the situation as “pretty fantastic”.
“We are dominating the debate even though no one will talk to us,” he told party members.
The Sweden Democrats have succeeded in linking the two in the minds of many voters, even though official statistics show no correlation between overall levels of crime and immigration. However, while the government denies it has lost control but Prime Minister Stefan Lofven has not ruled out sending the military into problem areas.
“Sweden is going down a more right-wing path,” said Nick Aylott, a political scientist at Sodertorn University said. “It is almost impossible to avoid according some sort of influence to a party with around 20 percent of the vote.”
Trump was right after all.
Diversity is our strength.
War is peace.
There are more than two genders.
Buy one, get one free.
You reap what you sow.
One bad apple spoils the bunch
It’ll never happen to me.
These are ‘good’ people – they just have some different customs. We need to educate them – maybe signs on buses that say ‘burning cars is not good’ – oh – but then again – they can’t read.
I read a couple news articles on this yesterday and they both just used the word “youths” with no mention of their ethnicity or religion. I guess they’ve adopted the word from news stories about Chicago where our own version of “youths” cause so much death and destruction.
Is there a MSM report out there that clearly says these were muslim immigrants/invaders?
Really? Do you really need a MSM report??
Absolute fact: “multiple gangs of masked youths” = mooslimfuks.
Fuck Sweden. Don’t give a shit what happens to Sweden. Those nose-in-the-air, highfalutin, high flatulence, libtard dickfaces took great pleasure in mocking Trump and American raaaaycism for years. Now that their idiocy is biting them in the ass … I can only laugh my own ass off, so solly.
You nailed that one, Stucky
I assumed it was muslims as soon as I read the headline dumbass. I was pointing out that the media is scared to say it, so they cover it up and just say “youths”. I did not think it was Sven, Lars and Anders setting cars on fire in three different cities at the same time.
Gotta love diversity(unless you are a torched Volvo!).I know,how about no fire/match/lighter zones,that will stop it!
My idea would be to invite them to a huge gala event with lots of white women and late model cars….then torch the place
“even though official statistics show no correlation between overall levels of crime and immigration”
Notice the key word: official.
That word, official, is the quintessential key to unlocking the paradigm of our times.
Who you going to believe? Official statistics, or your own Lying Eyes? Exactly, Otto
Officials found no correlation. Did they look? Howzabouts correlation between levels of crime and albinos? Nothing? What if that albino skin tone darkened up a bit. Then what sort of correlation?
I wish we had TV news in America. I turn on my TV th is morning and on both Fox, CNN and MSNBC I see talking heads discussing Trump. I was looking for news on the major disaster in Genoa, Italy where a bridge collapsed and severed the main highway into France from that country. It would be similar to I-95 being cut by a bridge collapse in this country. Dozens are dead but all I get on American TV is fat punks like Chris Stirewalt and some Jews on CNN telling me, again, that Trump is no good.
CNN used to go wall to wall with an airplane crash but they didn’t pay much attention to the theft of an airliner by a baggage handler. Fox’s info babe pronounced Bombardier, the manufacturer of the airplane, as bombadeer!
I didn’t even expect our TV news to cover the situation in Sweden as the talking heads can’t blame it on Trump.
The term “Dumb blonde” really fits the Swedes. They will either learn not to slam their hands in the car door or forever have broken fingers/society.
I really don’t care.
If 8 Muslims in Ninja suits started piling tires in a parking area here, when the Cops arrived, there would be 8 dead Muslims on top of the pile. PS: Liberals eventually do get what they sow.
But…but…but…they have free universal health care and we don”t. Or something.
But, but, but….the dumb ole’ Swedes pay up to 60% in taxes, that’s not free. Whatta buncha maroons!
I wonder how this would play out differently if this were in Texas where the people in the high rise apartment s would more likely than not be watching thru the scope on their AR-15 instead of a camera.
Moslem invaders acting like moslem invaders, with Swedish soy-boys standing around…what’s the problem?
I don’t get it. What’s the problem? It’s like someone doing a couple of shots of vodka and then asking why they feel inebriated.
This was what they wanted, this was what they have been working towards for years, this is the logical result of their policies. They had peace and prosperity, they knew safety and security and they made the conscious decision to alter their demographic by importing large numbers of aliens from war torn areas and depositing them in their midst in numbers and at a rate that guaranteed conflict.
What other outcome could have possibly occurred?