By JAKE WALLIS SIMONS ASSOCIATE GLOBAL EDITOR IN STOCKHOLM and PAUL THOMPSON IN STOCKHOLM FOR MAILONLINE
Police
officers responding to the Stockholm terror atrocity were pelted with
stones last night. Policeman Abdallah Ahmed (pictured) wrote about the
incident on Facebook.
Police officers responding to the
Stockholm terror atrocity were attacked by a gang of youths who pelted
them with stones last night, Swedish policemen have said.
The attack happened last night near
Rinkeby, part of the ‘immigrant no-go zone’ that gained notoriety when
President Trump referred to it in a controversial speech in February.
It is thought that the officers were
taking part in an operation to arrest a 17-year-old and his mother at an
address linked to the 39-year-old prime suspect.
Both have since been released without charge.
‘During the night my colleagues were
exposed to stone throwing in [the suburb of] Tensta, in the middle of an
ongoing terror operation.
‘Some people will never learn,’ Abdallah Ahmed, a police officer, said in a social media post.
‘To terror I want to say one thing, in pure Swedish: go to hell. My thoughts go to those affected in every way.’
The attack
happened near the suburb of Rinkeby. Responding to Mr Ahmed’s post, this
policewoman, known only by her first name, Jenny, said: ‘I wish I was
working with you yesterday’
Jenny said she was ‘so proud to be a police officer’ after seeing how her colleagues handled the terror attack
Mr Ahmed also posted a picture of policemen
drawing their weapons in the street, accompanied by a blue-and-white
Swedish flag with a thin blue line running through it
Earlier today,
at the address near Tensta that was raided last night, the 17-year-old
who had been arrested denied any connection to the 39-year-old
terrorist. Pictured: Another photo posted by Mr Ahmed of officers
responding to the terror atrocity yesterday
Swedish police say suspect in truck attack previously known
He added: ‘Do not pray for Sweden. Stand up for Sweden, fight for Sweden and die for Sweden.’
A police officer working in the same unit,
who did not want to be named, confirmed to MailOnline separately that
the attack had taken place.
Another policewoman commented: ‘You are
fantastic. I wish I was working with you yesterday. I am so proud to be a
police officer.’
Mr Ahmed also posted a picture of
policemen drawing their weapons in the street, accompanied by a
blue-and-white Swedish flag with a thin blue line running through it.
Flowers left
on a police car today as a sign of gratitude for the hard work of
officers at the scene of the terrorist truck attack in downtown
Stockholm
Donald Trump
was mocked for suggesting Sweden had suffered a major terror attack,
despite no evidence of one, and was having issues because of
immigration, during a February speech
The attack happened in Tensa, seen towards the left of the map, near Rinkeby, right
Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven looks at flowers near the scene of a truck attack in central Stockholm.
Earlier today, at the address near Tensta
that was raided last night, the 17-year-old who had been arrested denied
any connection to the 39-year-old terrorist.
‘I don’t know him, I have had nothing to do with him and he has nothing to do with our family,’ he told MailOnline.
It is understood that the terrorist was registered to the address and his post was delivered there.
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