Several fire-raising attacks in Södertälje (Sweden)
Four food stores were put on fire during the night and three of them are now totally destroyed. Around 50 fire-fighters still struggle over control over the fires that risk spreading to nearby malls.
The first alarm came a quarter over midnight. Then the food store Willys close to the freeway E4 in Södertälje, 30 km west of Stockholm, was on fire. Barely 20 minutes later came another alarm that also ICA Supermarket close by was on fire.
At ten minutes to four AM a third fire alarm was set, this time at the Tempo food store in Saltskog, southern Södertälje. And this morning, at half past six AM, the personnel at another Willys store in southern Södertälje discovered a fire that they however were able to put out by themselves.
During the night the emergency service in Södertälje had to call for help from the fire departments in Stockholm, Nyköping and Uppsala.
The police quickly labelled the fires to be the work of arsonists. During the midmorning roadblocks was set up and the police also used helicopters in search for possible culprits.
There have earlier been threats against the food stores in Södertälje and last year was there fires in two food stores in the city.
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Several fire-raising attacks in Södertälje
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