https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/stockholm/brandbomber-kastade-mot-kyrka-i-spang
The Stockholm suburb (aka No-Go Zone) of Tensta was hit by an attack against a Christian church during the hours of late Tuesday night-early Wednesday morning. The Swedish blog, SVT Nyheter (Swedish TV News), has a report which is translated by Fousesquawk.
Firebombs thrown at Church in Spånga
Updated 20 January 2021-Posted 20 January 2021
Caption below video: Windows blown out by explosion during the night. Photo: Swepix
Tuesday night-Wednesday morning someone threw three Molotov Cocktails at the Spånga church. Windows were broken but nobody was injured by the firebombs.
- "We have no threats against us, but this is a strong symbolic act," says church pastor Jerker Alsterlund.
It was shortly after 4 am at the Spånga church. One Molotov cocktail was thrown at the entrance and two at the windows which were broken. Police have closed off the surrounding area for a technical investigation to be carried out Wednesday and the crime is being classified as arson.
"This is a strong symbolic act against a church. Why someone would want to do this I don't know. It might to awake disgust or provoke. We have no threat against or anything of that nature," says Jerker Alsterlund.
In December 2018, an explosive device was detonated at another parish hall just over one kilometer from the Spånga church, but which belonged to the same parish. The investigation never resulted in anyone being convicted.,
"That time, it was likely an experiment. This time it was worse when it is so clearly directed at the church," says Jerker Alsterlund.
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