Teh One Who Knocks
01-26-2016, 11:10 AM
FOX News
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A 15-year-old boy has been arrested and accused of stabbing a refugee center worker to death in western Sweden.
The English-language news site The Local reported that the victim, a 22-year-old woman, was attacked Monday at the center in the town of Molndal, near Gothenburg. The alleged attacker was restrained by other residents until police arrived.
Police did not immeidately identify the suspect's age or nationality, but did say that he was a resident of the center, which houses unaccompanied minors between the ages of 14 and 17.
Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven described the incident as a "terrible crime" and said that many Swedes fear that such attacks could happen again.
"I believe that there are quite many people in Sweden who feel a lot of concern that there can be more cases of this kind, when Sweden receives so many children and youth, who come alone," he told Radio Sweden, according to the BBC.
Police spokesman Thomas Fuxborg told the AFP news agency, "These kinds of calls are becoming more and more common. We're dealing with more incidents like these since the arrival of so many more refugees from abroad."
Sweden accepted approximately 160,000 asylum applications last year, becoming a popular destination for refugees fleeing turmoil in the Middle East, Africa and Asia. However, the country recently introduced temporary border checks in an effort to control the flow of new arrivals.
The Local, citing the Swedish Migration Agency, reported that the number of threats and violence incidents at asylum facilities rose by 46 percent in 2015 over the previous year.
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A 15-year-old boy has been arrested and accused of stabbing a refugee center worker to death in western Sweden.
The English-language news site The Local reported that the victim, a 22-year-old woman, was attacked Monday at the center in the town of Molndal, near Gothenburg. The alleged attacker was restrained by other residents until police arrived.
Police did not immeidately identify the suspect's age or nationality, but did say that he was a resident of the center, which houses unaccompanied minors between the ages of 14 and 17.
Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven described the incident as a "terrible crime" and said that many Swedes fear that such attacks could happen again.
"I believe that there are quite many people in Sweden who feel a lot of concern that there can be more cases of this kind, when Sweden receives so many children and youth, who come alone," he told Radio Sweden, according to the BBC.
Police spokesman Thomas Fuxborg told the AFP news agency, "These kinds of calls are becoming more and more common. We're dealing with more incidents like these since the arrival of so many more refugees from abroad."
Sweden accepted approximately 160,000 asylum applications last year, becoming a popular destination for refugees fleeing turmoil in the Middle East, Africa and Asia. However, the country recently introduced temporary border checks in an effort to control the flow of new arrivals.
The Local, citing the Swedish Migration Agency, reported that the number of threats and violence incidents at asylum facilities rose by 46 percent in 2015 over the previous year.