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The Police offcier who fired the fatal shot that killed a 69 years old in Husby, triggering the weeklong rioting said to be charged with manslaughter.

Wednesday, 29 May 2013
The police officer who shot a 69-year-old man to death in Husby, in NorthwWestern Stockholm a couple of weeks ago which triggered the rioting in the Stockholm suburb has been charged suspected of manslaughter and suspended from his post. The police officer however has denied the offense.stockholm-police
It was a few weeks ago, Monday 13 May, that  a 69 year old man was shot to death by police in Husby in connection with a search warrant. The man was later described as having mental problems and which was not earlier identified or failed to be realised because of bias that the police has against that community, according to a pressure groups.
Police was called to an address after reports that the man had threatened people with a knife or machete. When police arrived at the scene the man disappeared into an apartment, and when the police went into the apartment, knowing that  he had behaved threateningly with a knife or machete, and police the open fire and shot the man, who died on the spot.
According to the police's initial reports, the man was taken to the hospital where he later died, but that turned out not to be have been the truth.

"I regret that we went out with the wrong information. I put it on miscommunication," said Lars Bystrom, of the Stockholm police to radio Sweden on May 14 after the shooting
The event is said to been the driver of the rioting and unrest that has seen in several suburbs in Stockholm recently.
by Scancomark.com Team




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