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May 25, 2012
Train hits 'bloody doll' in unscheduled stop
Published: 18 Jun 09 15:11 CET | Double click on a word to get a translation
Online: http://www.thelocal.se/20152/20090618/
When the driver of a train traveling through central Sweden saw what he thought might be a bloodied body lying across the tracks, he slammed on the emergency brakes. But it was too late.
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Upon arriving on the scene, however, emergency crews were able to quell the train driver’s angst.
He had not run over a body after all.
“Someone had rigged up a doll made of polystyrene foam board and blue overalls,” emergency worker Jan Thor told the newspaper.
The makeshift doll had then been splattered with ketchup.
“An unbelievably distasteful joke on the train driver,” said Thor.
Värmland police spokesperson Per Ström told the TT news agency the matter had been classified as an act of sabotage.
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An immigrant can come from anywhere:Norway, Germany, Finland, Belgium, Denmark, Nederland, Estonia, Latvia, Greece or Turkey, all Caucausian predominance, or the Balkans, or Russia, so how does "racist" fit in here?
France has all kinds of problems with immigrants, just ask Sorkozy, or the native French.
Russia, on the other hand, has none, and any that might arise are aptly dealt with--quickly.
Now that Denmark has wised-up, their immigrant problem is well on the road to being solved.
Many unemployed immigrants believe that they have a right and a duty to rape Swedish girls and women.
Highly unlikely to be unemployed migrants. We aren't that stupid.
On the trolling scale we have lingonberrie scoring -4.
The report does not say it was an innigrant who carried out this stupid prank.
Most intelligent people would conclude it was youths/teenagers who get their kicks from making a stupid pranklike this.
Sweden will always have an immigrant problem as long as the Swedes make stupid racist comments as seen in this instance.
Stop making racist comments ... it does not promote peaceful intergration.
By the way, you left quite a few countries in your list of countries where immigrants can from from.
I personaly think it was a young person who was bored (maybe they just graduated) or someone who didn't get accepted into university and was looking for a way to get back at people and thought it would be funny. when you think about it, it actually is
On a serious note, well said Miss Kitten. This site's main demographic is indeed English-speaking immigrants (I'm justanotherexpat after all).......and as such it's sometimes very upsetting to encounter bigoted views based on one's non-Swedishness.
I thought The Local might be a bit of a nice safe-haven from bigotry - clearly wrong innit.......we get enough sh*t from people face to face....
In fact my wife and I stopped talking to our neighbours after they invited us to dinner and during the evening declared that they "f*cking hate immigrants, the f*cking freeloaders, taking our jobs"........etc............"But you two are okay - you look like us". Sheesh.