Christmas Unrest in Stockholm Suburb

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For the second night running unrest broke out in the Stockholm suburb of http://www.wvwnews.net/story.php?id=1707. A massive police presence managed to gain control of the situation in the early hours of Christmas Eve.

The Local reported on Tuesday that the fire service had come under attack from youths in the predominantly immigrant-occupied area of Tensta in north west Stockholm on Monday evening.

Jannes Hedlund at Stockholm county police described Tuesday’s rioting as in principle a repeat of the events of the night before.

“Among other things they had set fire to a skip and thrown a Molotov cocktail at a police vehicle,” Hedlund said.The police were prepared for the possibility of renewed unrest and had deployed eight specially trained units to the area. Hedlund said that he believed that similar preparations were in force for any potential trouble on Christmas Eve.

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2008-12-25