Sweden, riot in Gothenburg Göteborg During the night to Friday, it became worrying at Länsmansgården when several cars were set on fire. The police patrol who went to the scene was subjected to stone bursting and shot warning shots. “As a police, you feel the most frustrated that some people behave like this,” says Göran Carlbom, commanding officer at the West police.

Marina Ferhatovic:

It was at two o’clock to Friday that the police had several alarms about car fires around Temperaturgatan in Länsmansgården. When the police arrived at the scene they were exposed to stone bursting. Then, at last, you chose to shoot a warning shot.

“It’s not often you have to do it as a police, but now you felt so cramped. The youth threw stones and went to the police, says Göran Carlbom.

In total, it was about 15-20 young people. They will be skated after the warning shot. When more patrols arrived, the police resorted to restoring order in the area.

– Most of the resources in Greater Gothenburg were added. It quickly became quiet, “says Göran Carlbom.

Several cars were burning

The rescue service was working to extinguish the fires.

– I know it has burned in several places. However, we could quickly quit, says Miranda Larsson, alarm and management operator at the Rescue Service.

According to witnesses, the youngsters should have rubbish trash from a recycling station and set fire on them. With the trash they should have tried to block the way of rescue vehicles.

In the morning, the police announced that three fireplaces had been located. On Temperaturgatan it burned in a recycling station. At the church of Länsmansgård, it burned in a car, a scaffold and a tree that had started to burn when the car rolled into the tree. In the P-house at Klimatgatan, several cars will have burned.

The police classifies the event as a riot. No people should have been injured. None of the youngsters have been detained.

Can be linked to intervention

Erik Nord, policeman in Greater Gothenburg, tells GP that unrest may collapse with an intervention earlier this week.

– The bishop’s farm is a particularly vulnerable area where such events may occur. We work intensively in the area together with the municipality of Gothenburg and experience, despite the fact that development is on the right track.

According to him, it has become less worrying in the area in recent years.

“But there is clearly no guarantee that this kind of incidents will not occur,” he says.

For investigative reasons, he does not want to leave any more details about the intervention that may link to the riots.

source: https://www.gp.se/nyheter/göteborg/upplopp-i-göteborg-polisen-attackerades-1.4383469