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Police are investigating the attack in Vetlanda as an alleged terrorist crime.
This is done if the police have found something concrete that indicates there is a terrorist motive, says terrorism investigator Magnus Ranstorp.
– You must be able to prove motive in some way, he says.
A man in his 20s went to attack several people in Vetlanda this afternoon. Eight people were attacked with machetes. Some should be seriously injured and others slightly.
Police shot the suspect in connection with his arrest. They take him to the hospital and the police watch him. The man has not yet been questioned.
The incident was classified as an attempted murder. But since then it has become a suspected terrorist offense.
For the police to start investigating terrorist crimes, they need to have found something concrete to indicate that the motive is terrorism, says Magnus Ranstorp, a terrorism expert at the Swedish National Defense College. Very often, this means that the motive is to scare a population or a population group.
– Now it’s just speculation. But once you’ve identified the perpetrator, you’ve probably looked at your computer and other belongings, he says.
But there may also be other aspects. For example, that the person is included in the police registry of suspected terrorists.
– He may also have said something that indicates a special reason.
“It is strange to bite several people”
Suspicion of a terrorist crime is not a classification that police put lightly, says Ranstorp.
– They are very careful with that. You don’t want to have to back down. You must be able to prove the motive in some way.
What do you think of the attack in Vetlanda?
– People biting someone happens quite often. But it is usually aimed at individuals. It’s strange that you cut multiple people. It is an approach used by terrorists and recalls events in Europe in recent years, he says.
– It is interesting that the police call a press conference. But it’s probably about the scope of what happened, he says.
Photo: Jonas Ekströmer / TT
Magnus ranstorp
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