Gothenburg school destroyed in arson attack
Published: 14 Nov 09 12:37 CET | Print version
Online: http://www.thelocal.se/23268/20091114/
Fire-fighters were called out in the early hours of Saturday morning to Torslanda school in Gothenburg. The building has been completely destroyed in what police believe to be an arson attack.
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Around 50 firefighters from three stations were called to the scene but were unable to counter the flames in time to save the building.
”In principle the whole school has been destroyed,” Kent Andersson from the city’s fire department told the Göteborgs-Posten newspaper.
Thick, black smoke continued to be visable from the building on Saturday morning and local residents were advised to stay indoors and keep windows and doors closed.
The fire was eventually exhausted around lunchtime on Saturday.
The local fire department believe the fire was deliberately started in car, which was parked close to the entrance of the school.
No one is reported to have been injured in the fire and police have begun their inquiries into the incident. A forensic investigation is also due to take place.
The fire affects around 500 high school students who attended Torslanda school.
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How much do you think the kids that started this fire will have to pay back to the community?
"Wie gratis vrijheid wil, heeft al voor onvrijheid gekozen!"
The meaning is: The one who want freedom for free, had already chosen for opressing.
Wat a wonderful product u r of our Elite class who's motto is to divide us and u r just another brainwashed mind,what every they tell u accept it and in the end we have a final product, where society is divided so that i cant think and stand as one.
Hej hej get ready for one world government where man kind would be enslaved by Elite class.
Ah yes, that wonderful word 'youths'. Now I wonder who they mean by that? One thing I can tell you, it's got nothing to do with their age.
Probably a coincidence though.
Here they are moaning about other things.. The social security does not allow them to buy a 52 inch TV, but only 42 inch. The free apartments are not in the best areas of Stockholm. Free schools demand some kind of homework to be done... There is no sharia law in the government, etc.
In essence, they do not need an actual reason to burn something up. It is just wonderfully fun whenever something is burning (car, school, wife... whatever).
So no - no coincidence there.
The PC brigade are very slow off the mark on this one. I wonder why?
Can you imagine their day?? First they must commence all of these interviews for top managers positions that they cannot refuse to any immigrant.. Then they must run for their volunteer work in the prisons and in institutions for difficult children. Then there is an anti-globalization demonstration.
Then they must take the kids from this mostly Somalian and Sudanese children kindergarten and find a parking spot at Rosengård. Then pour all of this fuel all over the car every evening, so it would be easier for poor children to light it up....
They are probably beat up eh?