Stockholm man set on fire in robbery torture
Published: 28 Sep 12 16:55 CET | Print version
Online: http://www.thelocal.se/43512/20120928/
A man has been charged with aggravated robbery and assault after he and several accomplices tortured another teenager in southern Stockholm, setting the victim on fire and demanding the pin code to his personal bank card.
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“It smelled like when you light a grill,” said the victim, according to the Aftonbladet newspaper.
The three attackers lit the man on fire and prevented him from extinguishing the flames by holding him in place with a foot in his back.
The incident transpired in late June after the victim had spent a night out. As he slept at a bus stop in Haninge, he was woken by a hit to the face.
Then he was subjected to 40 minutes of torture by his three attackers, who were aged 16, 18 and 23.
The trio forced the man to reveal his pin code to his bank card and then took money out of his account.
Unsatisfied with their haul, they stole the man’s jacket and shoes, then dragged him into the woods and lit him on fire. The victim explained to police that he could smell the lighter fluid as it was poured onto him.
The man managed to escape and alerted authorities, but sustained serious burns to his back, neck and scalp, arm and side.
“I thought I was going to die,” the man said in interrogation, according to the paper.
The 23-year-old who led the attack has been charged with aggravated assault and robbery. The two younger teens were charged with abetting the assault.
While the oldest of the trio blames his accomplices for the crimes, he couldn't explain how the victim’s blood ended up on his pants.
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@Briancito- It's pretty easy to see that you don't live in Sweden. Nothing against you, but don't comment on things that you don't know about. If you want to talk about the parents in this case, they definitely weren't on their iphones because they probably don't even know what a computer is. The mothers probably gave up trying to control their 8 or 9 children a long time ago. That, coupled with the ME/NA community's love of violent crime, is what led to this assault. Where are the protests against hate crime now?
The perps are:
Abdalla Sharif Mohamed Ali
Joel Contreras Gonzalez
Jonathan Saldes Barcia
Yep, blond and blue-eyed, as usual.
Following is what I found: Now, most recently, we learned about another event in Sweden. 18-year-old Rudolf Moilanen, was on his way home late at night. He was sitting alone in a bus station in Swedish Jordbro. several men arrived at the bus station who spoke English with each other. First they beat Rudolf unconscious. Then they poured fuel on his body, and lit it on fire. Then, they kicked his body down a hill.
Miraculously, Rudolf has woken up, and is alive, but will be injured for life. In the hospital he could give details about the event. Just the other day, a Somali youth was arrested as a prime suspect in the crime. Rudolf believes the others were Arabs.