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2020-01-15 Europe
Explosion Rocks Stockholm Residential Building
[AnNahar] An explosion damaged a residential building in central Stockholm on Monday, police said, and while no injuries were reported it follows a wave of criminal bombings in the country.

Images published by Swedish media showed damage to the building's facade, the front door demolished and broken glass and debris scattered on the ground.

Several nearby cars were also damaged by the blast, the cause of which was not known, in the affluent neighbourhood of Ostermalm.
Expired lutefisk?
"At this time it's not possible to say whether the earth-shattering kaboom occurred in or outside the building," a police spokeswoman told newspaper Aftonbladet.

Authorities were alerted to the earth-shattering kaboom shortly after 1:00 am local time (0000 GMT), and the building was evacuated shortly after.

A preliminary investigation has been opened into "devastation endangering the public."

Two hours later, around 3:00 am, another blast occurred outside a nightclub in Uppsala, some 70 kilometres (40 miles) north of Stockholm, although no link between the earth-shattering kabooms has been established. No injuries were reported.

Ranked among the world's richest nations, Sweden has typically low levels of violence compared to other Western countries.

But the Nordic country has been experiencing a surge in gang related violence - often linked to drug-trafficking - in recent years.

In addition to shootings that result in dozens of deaths and injuries every year, rival groups have begun to routinely use bombs to intimidate their adversaries, including hand grenades and thermoses packed with explosives.

From January until November 2019, 236 explosions were reported, according to the Swedish National Council for Crime Prevention, though few have resulted in serious injuries.
Posted by trailing wife 2020-01-15 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11139 views ]  Top
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#1 Did they have these incidents twenty years ago? What could have changed? /rhet question
Posted by Procopius2k 2020-01-15 01:30||   2020-01-15 01:30|| Front Page Top

#2 "Expired lutefisk?"

ROFLMAO, tw! You're on fire [as usual ;-)].
Posted by Barbara 2020-01-15 15:52||   2020-01-15 15:52|| Front Page Top

#3 Improper disposal of a grenade in a public trash receptacle?
Posted by SteveS 2020-01-15 17:33||   2020-01-15 17:33|| Front Page Top

#4  ROFLMAO, tw!

I’m still periwinkle, Barbara dear. That particular shade of green highlighter is Frank G, now settling into his post-retirement responsibilities. We had a number of retirements among the moderators while you were away, but several old hands stepped up to help keep the place running.
Posted by trailing wife 2020-01-15 18:14||   2020-01-15 18:14|| Front Page Top

#5 It was a particularly old can of surstromming.
Posted by Rob Crawford 2020-01-15 19:50||   2020-01-15 19:50|| Front Page Top

#6 lutefisk expires?
Posted by European Conservative 2020-01-15 20:00||   2020-01-15 20:00|| Front Page Top

#7 Canning issues....
Posted by Frank G 2020-01-15 20:04||   2020-01-15 20:04|| Front Page Top

#8 In Germany, at Christmas 1981, a tenant deliberately sprayed Surströmming broth in the stairwell. Her lease was terminated without notice. The Regional Court of Cologne confirmed the termination after a can of Surströmming had been opened during the oral hearing.

The transport of the Surströmming cans is expressly prohibited on flights of British Airways and Air France due to concerns about the risk of explosion.

Btw lutefisk is quite ok, surströmming is... oh well... special.

Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)
Posted by European Conservative 2020-01-15 21:07||   2020-01-15 21:07|| Front Page Top

#9 So Surströmming is the North European version of durian fruit? Good to know.
Posted by trailing wife 2020-01-15 21:54||   2020-01-15 21:54|| Front Page Top

#10 The Centiiede knows, tw:

'What a flavour!' the Centipede cried. 'It's terrific! There's nothing like it! There has never been! And I should know because I personally have tasted all the finest foods in the world!' Whereupon the Centipede, with his mouth full of of the peach and with juice running down all over his chin, suddenly burst into song:

'I've eaten many strange and scrumptious dishes in my time,
Like jellied gnat and danyprats and earwigs cooked in slime,
And mice with rice - they're really nice,
When roasted in their prime.
(But don't forget to sprinkle them with just a pinch of grime.)

'I've eaten fresh mudburgers by the greatest cooks there are,
And scrambled dregs and stinkbugs' eggs and hornets stewed in tar,
And pails of snails and lizards' talks,
And beetles by the jar.
(A beetle is improved by just a splash of vinegar.)

'I often eat boiled slobbages. They're grand when served beside
Minced doodlebugs and curried slugs. And have you ever tried
Mosquitoes' toes and wampfish roes
Most delicately fried?
(The only trouble is they disagree with my inside.)

'I'm mad for crispy wasp-stings on a piece of buttered toast,
And pickled spines of porcupines. And then a gorgeous roast
Of dragon's flesh, well hung, not fresh -
It costs a pound at most.
(And comes to you in barrels if you order it by post.)

'I crave the tasty tentacles of octopi for tea
I like hot-dogs, I LOVE hot-frogs, and surely you'll agree
A plate of soil with engine oil's
A super recipe.
(I hardly need to mention that it's practically free.)

'For dinner on my birthday shall I tell you what I chose:
Hot noodles made from poodles on a slice of garden hose -
And a rather smelly jelly
Made from armadillo's toes
(The jelly is delicious, but you have to hold your nose.)

'Now comes,' the Centipede declared, 'the burden of my speech:
These foods are rare beyond compare - some are right out of reach;
But there's no doubt I'd go without
A million plates of each
For one small mite
One tiny bite
Of this FANTASTIC PEACH!'

Posted by Lex 2020-01-15 22:10||   2020-01-15 22:10|| Front Page Top

#11 *happy sigh*
Posted by trailing wife 2020-01-15 22:38||   2020-01-15 22:38|| Front Page Top

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