Bomb attacks
Two bomb attacks rip
through Sweden's city of Malmo
Polisen på plats vid nattens explosion.Foto: Patrick Persson
http://www.expressen.se/kvallsposten/omrade-i-malmo-sparrades-av/
Security
forces in Sweden say two separate car bomb attacks have ripped through the
Scandinavian country’s southern city of Malmo, with no immediate reports of
human loss.
Police
spokeswoman, Linda Pleym, said one of the bombs went off at the foot of a
building in the multiethnic Rosengaard district of Malmo, situated 612
kilometers (380 miles) southwest of the capital, Stockholm, early on Saturday.
The
second bombing took place moments later in a parking lot nearby.
There
were no immediate reports of casualties in the two explosions. No group has
claimed responsibility for the acts of violence, and it is not clear whether
the bombings were connected or not.
The
blasts are the latest in a series of bombings that has rocked Malmo in recent
months.
On
November 30, a justice center in Malmo was bombed. The explosion damaged the
main entrance and front of the building. The force of the blast also blew apart
windows of several nearby properties. Only one person suffered minor injuries
in the blast.
In
February, the same building had been targeted with a bomb attack, which caused
a similar amount of damage. No one was injured in that blast.
The
justice center houses a courthouse, police and prosecution offices, and a
detention center.
Swedish
police launched Operation Olivia at the start of 2014 in a bid to combat
organized crime and increase safety in Malmo. Around 100 shootings took place
in the city in 2013.
MP/HJL/SS
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