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Stockholm truck attacker wanted to punish Sweden for IS fight: prosecutors

By Johan Ahlander and Simon Johnson

 

Rakhmat Akilov is seen being apprehended in Marsta, North of Stockholm after the lorry attack in Central Stockholm that killed five on April 7, 2017 in this handout photo taken in Stockholm, Sweden on April 7, 2017 and released by Swedish Police on January 30, 2018. TT NEWS AGENCY/Swedish police/Handout via REUTERS

 

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - The man who mowed down pedestrians with a truck, killing five people, in Stockholm last April wanted to punish Sweden for its part in the global fight against radical group Islamic State, prosecutors said in charges filed on Tuesday.

 

Uzbek-born Rakhmat Akilov, who was on the run from Swedish authorities after his asylum application was turned down, said in online conversations cited by the prosecutor that he wanted to "run over unbelievers".

 

"His motive is that he wanted to punish Sweden because we are part of the global coalition against IS," Deputy Chief Prosecutor Hans Ihrman of the National Security Unit told a news conference.

 

Akilov's lawyer Jonas Eriksson said his client admitted to the charge of committing a terrorist act and confirmed the motive. He declined to say whether Akilov had expressed regret for the attack.

 

On April 7 last year, Akilov hijacked a beer truck outside a restaurant in central Stockholm and sped some 500 metres (yards) down a pedestrian street, ploughing into shoppers before crashing the truck into a department store.

 

Bloodied and with burns to his clothes after attempting to set off a home-made bomb, Akilov fled into a nearby subway station, leaving three dead -- including an 11 year old girl -- and a dozen injured. Two of the victims died later in hospital.

 

He was arrested the same day outside a gas station in a Stockholm suburb after he was recognised from a CCTV picture.

 

According to Ihrman, Akilov had planned his attack for months and had investigated a number of possible targets, including gay clubs and ferries.

 

Akilov had asked in online conversations for practical advice on building a bomb and for spiritual guidance ahead of a "martyr operation", the charges filed with a Stockholm court alleged.

 

Ihrman said Akilov had pledged allegiance to Islamic State, and had tried unsuccessfully to get to Syria, but it was not clear whether he had been directly instructed to carry out his attack.

 

Sweden has not fought in a war in more than 200 years and is not part of NATO, but has taken part in international peacekeeping missions in places like Mali, Afghanistan, Iraq and Kosovo.

 

It has also sent 70 instructors to aid Iraqi forces in their fight against IS as part of a U.S.-led operation.

 

The trial is due to begin next month.

 

(Additional reporting by Johan Sennero; Editing by Catherine Evans)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2018-01-31

[ChrisY1]

There really is no need for a trial......a walk in the forest should suffice!...

[RickBradford]

Sweden is fast becoming the textbook case of how to wilfully ruin a successful and peaceful society in a very short space of time.

 

It would be nice to think that politicians in other countries are taking note.

[ilostmypassword]

4 hours ago, RickBradford said:

Sweden is fast becoming the textbook case of how to wilfully ruin a successful and peaceful society in a very short space of time.

 

It would be nice to think that politicians in other countries are taking note.

Yes. Sweden is a hellhole. The murder rate in Malmo in 2016, the city most often cited by anti-immigrationists was a massive 3.4 per 100,000. That compares to the average US rate of 4.9 per 100,000, Sweden on the whole had an average homicide rate of 1.1 per 100000. 

https://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/WP0KG/the-crime-situation-in-sweden-compared-to-the-us-in-4-charts

[Tchooptip]

"Akilov's lawyer Jonas Eriksson said his client admitted to the charge of committing a terrorist act and confirmed the motive.He declined to say whether Akilov had expressed regret for the attack."

In fact Akilov declared to his lawyer he was very sorry and expressed regret for having killed only five people instead of a few dozens as he had expected...

Akilov's lawyer preferred not to mention it. 

[Ninni]

Sweden has so many "trashy people"

before so we don't have to import moore!

[Krataiboy]

17 hours ago, ilostmypassword said:

Yes. Sweden is a hellhole. The murder rate in Malmo in 2016, the city most often cited by anti-immigrationists was a massive 3.4 per 100,000. That compares to the average US rate of 4.9 per 100,000, Sweden on the whole had an average homicide rate of 1.1 per 100000. 

https://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/WP0KG/the-crime-situation-in-sweden-compared-to-the-us-in-4-charts

Not a very meaningful comparison if you live in Malmo. Historically, the US has always been a much more violent society than Sweden. But in places like Malmo, the gap is starting to close.

 

Try telling the average Swede that violent crime, including murder and rape, haven't risen dramatically since the Swedish government introduced its "open door" immigration policy. The disturbing facts speak for themselves.

http://thefederalist.com/2017/03/01/yes-violent-crime-spiked-sweden-since-open-immigration/

 

[the guest]

Swedistan as it's now known, and Malmo being the rape capital of the world. Congrats Sweden, you must be very proud of yourself for letting these buggers in !

[simple1]

10 hours ago, the guest said:

Swedistan as it's now known, and Malmo being the rape capital of the world. Congrats Sweden, you must be very proud of yourself for letting these buggers in !

https://www.snopes.com/crime-sweden-rape-capital-europe/

[Scott]

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