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| IKEA bomb scare was blackmail plot |
| 2002-12-05 |
| Ten Dutch IKEA stores forced to close because explosives were found in two outlets had been targeted for months in a criminal extortion plot, De Telegraaf newspaper reported yesterday. That's what I thought it would be, it didn't sound like a likely Jihadi target.. According to the paper, criminals sent the first letters demanding millions of euros in cash and threatening to plant bombs in stores of the Swedish home goods giant in September. But a Dutch IKEA spokeswoman denied that the chain had been blackmailed. Don't want to give anyone else ideas? IKEA closed its 10 Dutch outlets yesterday, in the middle of the busy holiday shopping season, after police found explosives in two stores in Amsterdam and Sliedrecht, near Rotterdam. Two policemen were injured when one device they were trying to defuse blew up in a nearby police station. The authorities stressed that this was not an attempt at a terrorist attack on the Netherlands. They are only trying to terrorise a Swedish furniture company "We must not create an image that terrorism has suddenly struck in the Netherlands," Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende said. De Telegraaf reported that the blackmailers already sent several "warnings" to IKEA in October to show they were serious. I'm sure every Multi-national takes not of warnings they receive from crackpots and crooks "This is a warning, next time will be the big one. We will not announce anything and people will get hurt. You will suffer the consequences," the letter said. Actually, I think the boombers will suffer the consequences once they get caught IKEA initially tried to solve the problem internally, without raising the alarm, according to sources close to the investigation cited by De Telegraaf. And that was their first mistake |
| Posted by:Paul |
| #1 "And that was their first mistake" No, their first mistake was forgetting to include that part 3B washer and tightening nut for their 72" Billy cabinet that pissed these guys off. |
| Posted by: Jack 2002-12-06 04:04:50 |