-- "Sheikh Haque was tackled by a congregant inside the Muslim Center of New York on Geranium Ave. near Kissena Blvd. in Flushing after pulling the pistol in front of dozens of worshippers at about 1:30 p.m." --And over in Sweden.
-- "The Swiss People’s Party has proposed to limit the population of the wealthy European nation to 10 million until 2050, including foreign nationals and native-born residents. Since 2000, the foreign-born population of Switzerland has increased from about one in five residents to one in three — compared to one in six in the US." --
-- "Quebec had invested $510 million in the project, saying it would create 3,000 jobs in the area and make Quebec a battery producing powerhouse. The investments included a $240-million guaranteed loan and a $270-million investment in Northvolt Batteries North America's parent company." --Northvolt declared bankruptcy in Sweden in March.
-- "Since 2021, nearly 400 rapes of women over the age of 60 have been reported to Swedish police. In documented cases and court rulings, there is a notable overrepresentation of foreign-born perpetrators, a pattern authorities have been reluctant to address openly." --Relax everybody... it's all under control...
-- "Facing a massive surge in gang-related crimes, in particular involving the use of hand grenades, police in Sweden have introduced a three-month-long amnesty for 'explosive goods.'" --And what the hell is going on in the Netherlands?
-- "Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson announced plans to lower Sweden's age of criminal responsibility from 15 to 13 for the most serious crimes, including murder and aggravated bombing. The reform is a response to a surge in deadly gang violence. Police say criminal networks increasingly recruit children to carry out shootings and deliver weapons." --Meanwhile... back at the ranch.
-- "The organizers of the Jewish International Film Festival say they were forced to postpone the event because cinemas in Malmö, Sweden, would not screen the films, with some citing safety and security concerns." --
-- "A shooting at a Mosque in central Sweden on Friday left one person dead and one injured and police said they believe it was linked to gang violence. Criminal gangs often recruit teenagers in socially disadvantaged immigrant neighbourhoods to carry out hits." --
-- "A 16-year-old who recently returned to Sweden from Somalia (whose name has been withheld from the public), has been arrested following an apparent gangland hit that left two teenage boys and a man in his 20s dead in the city of Uppsala this week. Two of the victims were killed execution style with shots to the head while they were in the salon chairs having their hair cut." --How's that 'Post-National' state working out, Olaf?
-- "Sweden is often perceived as a safe place, with a low crime rate and progressive politics, this is, however, a misconception. Gun crime in Sweden is rife and as of the 15th November 2022, according to Swedish police statistics, there has been a total of 360 shootings this year." --Curiously, Swedish Police added that, 'they believe it to have been an isolated event.'"
-- "Three people were killed in a shooting in the Swedish city of Uppsala on Tuesday and a murder investigation has been launched, police said. Sweden has suffered from a wave of gang-related violence for more than a decade that has included an epidemic of gun violence." --
UPDATE: Meet gang leader Ismail Abdo
Meanwhile back at the ranch.
-- "The Swedish center-right government proposes upping the grants for immigrants who volunteer to leave the country—but they will be required to repay the funds if they return to Sweden, migration minister Johan Forssell told news agency TT on Wednesday." --
It's at least as innovative as the 'failed grenade amnesty.'
-- "The German Interior Ministry led by Social Democrat-Left caretaker minister Nancy Faeser is intervening to introduce civil defence into the school curriculum, a report by the Handelsblatt newspaper states." --It gets better... by which I mean worse...
-- "In recent months Sweden has issued an updated version of its Cold War-era survival handbook, the United Kingdom has told citizens to have a battery powered radio and a flashlight at home, and NATO has green-lit the public stockpiling bottled water." --
-- "Rickard Andersson (originally known as Jonas Simon) has been named as the suspect in the mass shooting in Sweden. The suspected gunman was among the 11 people killed after opening fire yesterday at Campus Risbergska School in Orebro." --Somebody got some 'splainin' to do...
-- "The 35-year-old unemployed recluse was repeatedly denied military service, documents from the Swedish National Service Agency show. Despite this, he was issued a license for four hunting rifles." --It gets better...
-- "Andersson changed into green military clothing in a school toilet before carrying out the shooting at Risbergska School." --
-- "At least 10 people have been killed in a shooting at Risbergska School, an adult education centre in the city of Orebro in western Sweden in one of the deadliest attacks in the Nordic nation’s history." --
-- "'This is currently seen as attempted murder, arson and aggravated weapons offence,' police said in a statement, adding that the extent of the injuries of the five people who had been shot remained unclear. The Aftonbladet daily and broadcasters SVT and TV4, citing anonymous sources, said 'several people' had been killed." --Meanwhile back at the ranch...
-- "Durham Regional Police say that an investigator attended the Whitby Central Library on Dundas Street near Brock Street on Jan. 28 to review video footage from the two previous incidents. While at the library, police say that staff located a ‘swastika etched into the wall of the bathroom.'" --
-- "Sweden’s integration minister has decided that the most effective way to deal with the alarming incidence of rape by migrants is to introduce mandatory courses for 'New Swedes' that teach them how bad rape is, and that it runs counter to the values of their adopted country." --It's the law...
-- "Two young women who appear to be teenagers were detained by police in Iran for posting a video of themselves dancing." --
-- "A child and adult male were killed and two others wounded in a knife attack in a park in Aschaffenburgin in Bavaria, Germany, on Wednesday morning, according to police and German media reports. The 41-year-old man reportedly stepped between the 2-year-old boy and the attacker, Welt reported. Police confirmed the attacker is a 28-year-old Afghan national who lived in an asylum centre in the area, news outlet Der Spiegel reported.." --The cowardly authorities are, as usual, baffled...
-- "The motives for the stabbing are still unclear, with police asking for witnesses to submit evidence." --You think they're gonna stop with the Jews?
-- "In the early hours of Tuesday morning, Australians woke to the news that a Sydney childcare centre had been firebombed and sprayed with anti-Semitic graffiti." --
It's just a case of 'live and don't learn.'
I guess this guy doesn't have kids...
-- "Canada is experiencing a ‘concerning increase’ in extremism but does not need to raise its terrorism threat level, according to CSIS Director Daniel Rogers." --And...
-- "Baasim Yusuf, 28, a Somali national in Sweden has been jailed for eight years for multiple aggravated rapes against elderly women under his care, but cannot be deported after he attained Swedish citizenship." --
-- "A Syrian national who lives in Sweden has been arrested after several people were injured Tuesday in an apparent knife attack in the Charlottenburg borough of Berlin at around noon." --Meanwhile back at the ranch...
-- "Four suspects allegedly distracted a store employee at Markham Road and Steeles Avenue before making off with cash and merchandise." --
The centre-right government of Sweden is looking to limit citizenship to those who agree with the 'fundamental values' of the nation and to restrict voting of non-citizens, Deputy Prime Minister Ebba Busch said.The usual, well... you know...
-- "A four-month-old baby is dead after what Toronto police are calling a 'suspicious incident' at a Toronto Community Housing building in the city’s midtown area on Wednesday afternoon." --And...
-- "The Metropolitan Police have said that an East London imam who led a prayer for the destruction of Jewish homes 'did not meet the threshold of a crime' in a decision that has baffled security experts." --
-- "A suicide bomber blew himself up at a train station in restive southwestern Pakistan on Saturday, killing at least 26 people, including soldiers and railway staff, and wounding about 62 others, some critically, officials said. Over a dozen soldiers and six railway employees were among the dead." --Start spreadin' the news...
-- "In 2023, Sweden suffered nine times as many fatal shootings as Finland, Denmark and Norway combined, states the report, which is based on public statistics." --
-- "The Danish and Swedish Justice Ministers vowed Wednesday to go after organized crime leaders abroad, whom they say have been hiring teenagers in Sweden to carry out deadly shootings in Denmark. One of Sweden's two major gangs is led by a Swedish-Turkish dual national who lives in Turkey, which refuses to extradite its own citizens." --
