Posted on 09/11/2011 1:24:40 AM PDT by therightliveswithus
This is breaking news, so unfortunately I do not have a tremendous amount of details. This is what is known:
Swedish security police have arrested four terror suspects on suspicion of "preparing a terrorist attack." Today being September 11, fear of terrorism is much greater than on normal days.
The four were arrested in Sweden's second largest city Goteborg early Sunday, according to Security police spokesman Stefan Johansson.
No further comments were given.
Its going to be a long day...
“No further comments were given.”
They must have been Moslems. If they had been Swedish plenty of further comments would have been given.
Too bad therightliveswithus didn’t post with FoxNews as source; mods removed this important story from Breaking category...
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/09/11/swedish-police-arrest-four-terror-suspects/
STOCKHOLM – DEVELOPING — Swedish secret police arrested four people early Sunday on suspicions of conspiring to plan a terror attack, the Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet reported Sunday.
Officers from the Swedish security service, SAPO, cordoned off an art venue in the southern city of Gothenburg as part of their investigation. The cordon was lifted at 6:00am local time Sunday.
The four people were arrested close to the venue, the newspaper reported. SAPO refused to disclose the gender, nationalities or ages of those arrested.
“We can confirm that four people have been arrested on suspicion that they will commit acts of terrorism. There is the confidentiality of investigations, and therefore we cannot give details,” SAPO spokeswoman Sara Kvarnstrom told Aftonbladet.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/09/11/swedish-police-arrest-four-terror-suspects/#ixzz1XdTybfRD
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Police in Sweden did not release the names of those arrested for fear of creating a backlash against the Swedish minority involved. I was, after careful detective work able to obtain first names: Sven, Ollie, Bjorn and Bob.
LOL. Was that Stockholm Bob?
Probably Bagdad Bob.
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Well, at least the police force works in Sweden.
“Well, at least the police force works in Sweden.”
It is a shame they don’t have an immigration policy that works.
“Was that Stockholm Bob?”
Probably pronounced as “Byurb.”
No more news on this from the authorities.
It could have been something uspetting “somebody” in the art venue, but another reason the people at the art venue were evacuated could be the fact that the house where the exhibition is held is very close to some of supporting structures of the large bridge crossing the Göta älv, the river dividing Gothenburg. An excellent target....
Unconfirmed reports now say “connected to al-Queda”, “jihadist network”.
Who would have thunk? ;)
SWEDISH WIRE.com (AFP): "SWEDISH INTELLIGENCE SEIZE COMPUTER DURING MOSQUE RAID" (SNIPPET: "Swedish intelligence seized a computer during a raid on a Gothenburg mosque last week after the arrest of four people by counter-terrorist police, a newspaper reported Sunday. Intelligence service Sapo last Thursday "seized the computer of a religious leader to try to find evidence about an (foiled) attack on an art gallery," the daily GT newspaper said.") (September 19, 2011, 01:49)
SWEDISH WIRE.com: "FOUR TERROR SUSPECTS ARRESTED IN SWEDEN" (SNIPPET: "Swedish police in the southwestern city of Gothenburg have arrested four people suspected of preparing a terror attack, Swedish media said Sunday quoting intelligence reports." SNIPPET: "The arrests were announced after hundreds of people were evacuated from Gothenburg's Roeda Sten building, venue of the city's art biennale, on Saturday night.") (September 11, 2011, 16:15)
26 years old Abdi Mahamud, 25 years old Abdi Mohamud, 23 years old Salar Mahmood and 24 years old Mohamud Kulan.
Abdi Mahamud was born in Somalia and came to Sweden 26 October 1999.
Abdi Mohamud was born in Somalia and came to Sweden 30 December 1991. He moved from Sweden 26 October 2007 and returned 9 January 2008. He left Sweden again 18 August 2008 but returned 12 June 2009. He is a UK citizen, and he received a conviction for assault 13 January 2009.
Salar Mahmood was born in Iraq and came to Sweden 24 October 1996.
Mohamud Kulan was born in Somalia and came to Sweden 19 March 1993.
According to the daily Expressen the suspects have connections to al-Shabab or al-Qaida.
Well, the small surprise is they aren’t from Pakistan.
Thanks ScaniaBoy for this post.
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