‘I thought it was war’ explosions rock Swedish apartments
BOMB squad officers descended on an apartment block in Sweden after explosions rocked.
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A ‘homemade device’ was used to attack the residential tower, with the blast site in the stairwell.
The National Guard and a specialist police bomb squad were scrambled
A 12-year-old girl woken by the blast at around 10.30pm told Göteborgs-Posten: “We heard a bang which was huge stack. At first I thought it was an earthquake, or maybe I just dreamed it.
“But then I saw my little brother and that he had heard it. He thought it was a gunshot, but then I thought that there certainly was a bomb
The powerful explosion in Gothenburg came after cars were targeted in Stockholm in multiple arsons on Thursday evening.
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Some people were seen running from the scene in connection with a bang, but who these people are we do not know at present
Pål Engebretsen, the police officer leading the investigation said: “We suspect that there are some kind of bomb attacks carried out here.
“Some people were seen running from the scene in connection with a bang, but who these people are we do not know at present”, added police press officer Thomas Fuxborg on Saturday morning.
“We will examine who lives near the stairwell and knock on doors to see if anyone saw or heard anything yesterday.”
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Swedish police officers said they could not tell at present if it was aimed at a specific person - or it was ‘mischief’.
The attack happened just weeks after the world’s media turned its attention to Sweden.
President Donald Trump aroused attention on the nation’s security when he gave a speech at a rally in Sweden and referred to events there.
But within days there were riots in Rinkeby in Stockholm and grenade attacks in Malmö.
Swedish people and politicians jumped to defend their nation - insisting there were not issues - especially with migrant integration.
Bomb technicians in Gothenburg found “no metal residues” indicating a hand grenade was used.