Firemen Under Siege in Gothenburg
21st September 2009
There was a time when nightly “carbecues” were restricted mainly to France, especially the banlieues of Paris. Every morning one could gauge the current level of immigrant rage by news reports giving the number of cars burned by “youths” the previous night.
But nowadays France is not alone. In recent months immigrant suburbs in various parts of Sweden — Malmö, Uppsala, Gothenburg, and now Tensta — have been illuminated at night by scores of burning cars, tires, dumpsters, and buildings. In these areas firefighting has become a dangerous occupation, as “youths” set fires and then ambush emergency workers when they arrive to put them out.