Last night in Gothenburg, an unidentified masked man ambushed and shot a policeman to death. The incident took place in Biskopsgården, which Swedish media described as, "an especially vulnerable" area of the city. Translation. A no-go zone inhabited by disaffected immigrants. Recently, the city has been plagued by armed conflicts between immigrant gangs.
We are working on getting Swedish reports from Gothenburg translated.
*Update: A report from Expressen. Translation by Fousesquawk. Video subtitling is pending. Other news outlets have identified the victim as Andreas Danman (33).
*"Fight! Fight! Come on, Old Man!"
Police: Posted July 1, 2021, 10:24
An unknown perpetrator opened fire against police and a witness heard several bangs
A policeman, who was just over 30 years old and relatively new on the job, was on assignment with a colleague on a moped in the vulnerable area of Biskopsgården in Gothenburg late last night.
*Note: The quote in the title of the article refers to a statement heard on the video (translation pending), which appears to be a taunt to the police from a bystander. Correction: Fria Tider reports that it was the policewoman exhorting her fallen colleague not to give up.
*Update: From Nya Dagbladet. Translation by Fousesquawk.
Policeman murdered in Gothenburg
Published today-09:55
At 22:34 during Wednesday evening, a policeman was shot in the immigrant-dense neighborhood of Biskopsgården in Gothenburg. The policeman was taken to the hospital with serious gunshot wounds, but medical personnel were not able to save the man's life.
According to publicly (tax) financed SVT (Swedish State Television), a police patrol was talking to some people by Höstvädersgatan in Biskopsgården when some person(s) suddenly started shooting at them and seriously wounded a policeman in his 30s, at which time, his colleagues called an ambulance and gave the wounded policeman first aid.
Just over 4 hours after the shooting, police announced that the man had died from his gunshot wounds.
"This is a tragic event. This affects us all, this is a colleague who has died (in service). We have made a national decision to have a minute of silence at 12 o'clock and have the flags at half staff all over the nation," said Klas Johansson, Western Regional Chief, during a press conference.
Police have taken in several people for questioning during the night, but as yet have not arrested any suspected perpetrator for the act.
It is noteworthy that the incident played out in Biskopsgården, which is hard hit by mass immigration and criminality, and Greater Gothenburg area Police Chief Erik Nord admitted that this is an area where police are usually especially careful due to all the gangs and conflicts that "smolder" there.
"This is one of the areas (where) we have special supervision," he said.
The deceased policeman was reportedly just over 30 years of age and had not worked very long as a policeman. It was also confirmed that the police patrol was in uniform at the incident, but that they were not at the scene to investigate any particular crime, rather it was part of "on-going (patrol) work."
"We are strongly determined to clear up this crime, "states Klas Johansson.
It is noteworthy that police as yet have not chosen to release a description of the shooter, although they have information on that. They would rather not say if there is a connection between the murder of the policeman and gang criminality.
"We won't do that right now. We state that this happened in an environment where there are shootings between local criminal networks. It is a clue in the preliminary investigation that is being conducted," said Erik Nord.
*Update: As promised, here is the translated video from Nya Dagbladet. Translation by Fousesquawk.
(H/T Vlad Tepes)
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