Sweden Immigrant Crime Wave Goes International!
Razer
g2s at riseup.net
Tue Feb 21 13:35:09 PST 2017
This a day or so after 300,000 people (organizer estimate, police said
150k) held a protest and march DEMANDING more immigrants in the country
<http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2017/0219/Why-160-000-protesters-in-Barcelona-want-Spain-to-welcome-more-refugees>
But not THIS kind of immigrant!
> Swede detained after Barcelona police fire on stolen butane gas truck
>
> Police in Barcelona have detained a man after shooting at a truck
> loaded with butane gas canisters that was speeding the wrong way along
> a highway.
>
> They opened fire on the vehicle as it headed towards the Spanish
> city's harbour on Tuesday, officials said.
>
> The detained man, reported to be a Swedish national, has a history of
> psychiatric problems, the Spanish interior minister said.
>
> Barcelona's city hall said the truck had been stolen.
>
> Police started pursuing the vehicle after the driver, who was
> travelling at high speeds, failed to stop when ordered to do so,
> regional police chief Joan Carles Molinero said.
>
> The driver then turned to make his way along the wrong side of a ring
> road in the city, finally coming to a stop when the truck hit a wall
> at about 11:00 local time (10:00 GMT).
>
> Around 20 officers and at least six police cars arrived quickly on
> site, where several gas bottles were later seen lying on the ground.
>
> At least one gunshot was visible on the windscreen of the truck,
> although officials have not said whether there were any injuries
> following the incident.
>
> Spanish national television TVE reported that the truck had rammed
> several cars before police fired several times to stop it.
>
> Spain's interior minister Juan Ignacio Zoido said in a tweet that the
> incident on Tuesday was "not a case of a terrorist act".
>
> "The detained driver of the stolen butane gas truck has a psychiatric
> history," Mr Zoido said.
>
> Mireia Ruiz, who witnessed the incident, said the driver ignored
> others who were urging him to stop.
>
> "When people shouted at him, he would laugh and make offensive
> gestures with his hand," she told AFP.
>
> Police said that the 32-year-old driver was being questioned.
>
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39037674
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