Two men charged for Breivik 'tribute' attack
Published: 27 Sep 11 14:41 CET | Print version
Online: http://www.thelocal.se/36392/20110927/
Two men arrested in Västerås on suspicion of attempted murder expressed support for Anders Behring Breivik's massacre in Norway prior to stabbing two men of non-Swedish origin.
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According to the prosecutor the case concerns a hate crime with the men targeting their victims due to their foreign origin.
Four days after the attacks in Oslo and Utøya which left 77 dead, a man sleeping on a bench in the town of Västerås was attacked. He was seriously injured and was relieved of his mobile phone.
Two days later another man, this time of Sri Lankan origin, was stabbed and seriously injured while completing his paper round.
According to the police report on the case, the accused, who deny the charges, expressed hatred of immigrants in the attack with one screaming "Go home" to the bleeding victim and then pausing to draw a swastika on the man's bag.
According to the Dagens Nyheter daily the police report details that one of the defendants sent the follow text message to the other shortly after Behring Brevik's terror attack on July 22nd:
"A Norwegian 'Nazi' has killed like, around 84! From the left who, like, cheered on Islam. HAHAHA!! WHITE POWER!"
The men were arrested shortly after the second attack.
A police inspection of computers seized in the defendants homes has revealed pictures of the men raising their arms in a Nazi-style salute in front of the Swedish flag.
Furthermore the men's internet history showed that they spent time immediately prior to the attack in the early hours of July 28th visiting a racist YouTube channel.
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good work
They should become send to Abu Ghraib. For daily waterboarding.
I never said they did....just asked what their thoughts were on the subject. It must have touched some nerve with you I guess. Sorry.
@canuk luckily for us we're having this discussion online if that's acceptable expression to you...or are you typing with a knife?
from my side, i pay the same tribute to that Imam from the Radio just about every morning.
does mine count? i hope.
The day Swedes actually grow a pair will be the day hell freezes over...
ABB supporters are after what he terms the brainwashing Multicultural political appeasers, both families and Polititians, not the Islamic immigrants that they bring here.
ABB is probably the last Viking left in the world who has thought out a plan of attack, with the balls to carry it out. Although he says he has an army of "Templar's" that will carry out further attacks against polititians and their families (kill the brain the body dies philosiphy)
Well, lets be honest there is a difference between immigrants and refugees. The word immigrant is bandied about because it is less politically charged to say it if you are from the right, and it is misleading if you are from the left. The problem in Sweden and Europe at large is the influx of refugees. How many "immigrants" are in Sweden because of work/love (Your typical Western immigrant) or because of voluntary refugee programs that every nation can opt out of whenever they want? I support SD because of their opposition to refugee acceptance. Look at the Arabic classes for police in Rosengård in order to speak to "immigrants" that are unwilling to learn Swedish. Anyone who says that implementing a moratorium on all refugee acceptance is not needed, hasn't been paying attention to the problems with the refugee population we currently have in this country.
jacquelinee,
The nerve that is touched is that trolls like Iraniboy are always trying to link SD to Breivik in order to deflect sheeple from the issue I mentioned just now. I don't know if that is what you were doing. Sorry if I made a mistake.
I heard this from a fellow student in Västerås and according to him both victims were international masters students, one from Pakistan and other from Sri Lanka.
""nice to see some swedes finally have some balls to express themselves. "
The day Swedes actually grow a pair will be the day hell freezes over..."
I assume you're both having balls that needs a wheelbarrow.
The role that "nationella" can play is to stay swedish in a multicultural society. To turn our back against a state that has destroyed us. Us swedes are but one group among many that by happenstance share our name with an administrative region north of Denmark, east of Norway and west of the Baltic. Frankly, id prefer us to change our name to something else. Let the colonists keep that sorry name and use it for what they will.
As for these killings, be it the immigrants or the swedish, they should be dealt with an iron fist. If the swedish democrats, if they are a bit intelligent, they should stand up against such attacks and start campaigns regarding harmony.
Every country has a right to control immigration, however, policies should be introduced slowly not abruptly to avoid public disorder. They can slowly introduce policies which may tighten the rules, but doing it everything abruptly, will led to such problems.
I dont think you are right. Immigrants are merely the cannonfodder of those that hate nationalism. Unfortunately these people control all the instruments of power in sweden. You are just as shafted as the rest of us.
"Immigrants are merely hte cannon fodder of those that hate nationalism"
mate! that is more sophisticated than i thought it was!!!
somehow, it is related to my job... so:
any explanation would be appreciated.