Sweden: Prime Minister Criticized for his Statement on Vetlanda Attack

 Hat tip Nyheter Idag. Translation by Fousesquawk.

Jimmie Åkesson of the conservative Sweden Democrats has reacted to Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven's off-the-wall statement that last week's terror attack in Vetlanda by an Afghani asylum-seeker had nothing to do with immigration.  Åkesson says that  Löfven is "out cycling", which to the best we can figure out, means something similar to the English expression, "He is out to lunch." The below article from Nyheter Idag is translated by Fousesquawk.

https://nyheteridag.se/akesson-efter-lofvens-uttalande-om-vetlanda-han-ar-ute-och-cyklar/

Åkesson after Löfven's statement on Vetlanda: "He is out cycling."

Stockholm: Prime Minister Stefan Löfven (Social Democrats) does not consider the attacks in Vetlanda, where Afghan migrant, Tamim Sultani, is suspected of 7 counts of attempted murder, to be a migration issue. Now Sweden Democrat party leader, Jimmie Åkesson, comments: "I think that he is out cycling," says Åkesson to Nyheter Idag and raises the question of a zero-vision asylum immigration.

On Thursday, Stefan Löfven held a press conference due to the attacks in Vetlanda on Wednesday. Custody was requested on Thursday for the 22-year-old Afghan migrant suspected of 7 counts of attempted murder. Several of the victims received life-threatening injuries. Since November, Sultani has been without a valid residency permit and is in Sweden waiting for a decision on his request for an extension.

During the press conference, Stefan Löfven, said the attacks in Vetlanda, "are not a migration issue".

Nyheter Idag contacted SD's party leader, Jimmie Åkesson, for a comment.

"That Stefan  Löfven sees no negative consequences from the lax migration policy is precisely a migration issue, which somewhat puzzles me. Are there any voters who (believe) that talk? I think he is out cycling, but at the same time, it is good that the prime minister openly says that an Afghan suspected violator who happens not to have a residency permit "is not a migration issue".  This shows with the desired clarity, his and his party's weak leadership and lack of insight on cause and effect," says Åkesson.

Not only does Sweden need to stop (creating) social misery, exclusion, and parallel societies by adopting a zero-vision for asylum immigration and ambitious targets for return, it is necessary for great efforts in criminal policy.  There is often an interaction between failed criminal-migration policies that is the cause. If we now take the current case as a starting point, it is, frankly speaking, scandalous that the suspected perpetrator was even in Sweden given that he had earlier committed crimes and was long known to the police.

What do you say to those who think that people are "politicizing" a tragic event?

 "To criticize tragic consequences of a bad and destructive policy and come up with working solutions to the problem is one of the main duties for opposition politicians; I really don't understand the critics."

During the spring and summer, it is thought that Sweden's new immigration policy will spike.  Among other things, different forms of exceptions would be flagged so that the large group of so-called unaccompanied could remain. Are we going to get a law that is in line with our northern neighbors, in your opinion?

"No, unfortunately, that is probably too much to hope for."