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Arrests on 7th night of unrest across Denmark | |
2008-02-18 | |
Angry youths who have been setting fires in immigrant neighborhoods across Denmark for seven consecutive nights should expect no sympathy from society, Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen said Sunday. "I think it will be the opposite, that a lot of people will turn their backs on them," the prime minister said in interview with Denmark's TV2 news channel. It was the first time he had commented publicly on the weeklong youth violence that has kept police and firefighters busy in cities across Denmark. It's not clear what triggered the unrest but some observers say youths from Denmark's immigrant communities were protesting against perceived police harassment, and suggested Wednesday's reprinting of a cartoon lampooning the Prophet Muhammad may have aggravated the situation. Fogh Rasmussen rejected any notion that society was to blame for the unrest. "We must make clear that the youths are responsible for this — and their parents," he said.
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Posted by:Fred |
#3 So 4 or 5 days ago, the Danish Gov't was doing a bluster about "Zero Tolerance". Yeah. Right. |
Posted by: Thrulet Dark Lord of the Algonquins1536 2008-02-18 19:43 |
#2 "Tricard" = pooplisted, this was but a minor morning self-indulgence in french. |
Posted by: anonymous5089 2008-02-18 03:42 |
#1 why they haven't been named or identified in the Y'urp-peon press. Actually, they have, at least in articles I've read from belgian, swiss and french sources. Like I told, even though I didn't search much, it's in the english language online press that the origins are missing (only mention was in the GoV & Brussels Journals, both tricard here). |
Posted by: anonymous5089 2008-02-18 03:41 |