Les violences de Rinkeby inquiètent les politiciens suédois à quelques mois des élections

LeMonde.fr |

10.06.10

Pas moins de trois ministres se sont succédés mercredi 9 juin à Rinkeby, dans la banlieue nord-ouest de Stockholm, la capitale suédoise, après les émeutes qui ont secoué pendant deux jours ce quartier à majorité immigrée. Jeudi matin, le calme semblait provisoirement revenu après une nuit sans incident notable. Une dizaine d’incendies criminels ont été allumés à Rinkeby mais également à Tensta, une banlieue voisine. Personne n’a été blessé.A Rinkeby, entre cinquante et cent jeunes seraient impliqués dans les incidents de ces dernières nuits. Ils ont jeté des pierres contre les policiers, contre les gens qui tentaient de les arrêter et contre les pompiers arrivés pour maitriser les incendies. L’un d’entre eux visait un commissariat. Un autre incendie a complètement détruit Rinkebyakademin, l’Académie de Rinkeby, un centre d’aide pour les jeunes en difficulté où ces derniers pouvaient rencontrer des mentors du monde de l’entreprise.

Selon son responsable, il est sans doute peu vraisemblable que son établissement, mitoyen d’une école, ait été visé en tant que tel. Plusieurs voitures ont également été incendiées. La police a annoncé qu’elle déployait désormais une présence permanente, jour et nuit, et que des policiers en civil seraient également affectés à la zone. Trois jeunes ont été interpellés à l’issue des violences nocturnes. Deux d’entre eux ont été relâchés mercredi mais la police compte mener d’autres interpellations grâce à l’analyse des caméras de surveillance.

Vu d’ailleurs, l’ampleur des émeutes peut sembler toute relative. Mais à l’échelle suédoise, elle est grave car elle intervient en période électorale et que pour la première fois depuis vingt ans, un parti d’extrême-droite, Sverigedemokraterna (Les démocrates suédois), pourrait faire son entrée au Parlement lors des élections législatives de septembre prochain, risquant ainsi de bouleverser tout l’équilibre politique du royaume. Le parti d’extrême-droite mise une grande partie de sa campagne sur la lutte contre la criminalité et l’immigration. Du coup, les responsables du gouvernement de centre-droit ont réagi en force, avec trois ministres détachés sur place et des déclarations du premier ministre lui-même.

L’ORIGINE DES VIOLENCES INCONNUE

« Les incidents de Rinkeby sont un signe que la société ne fonctionne pas bien pour tout le monde », a déclaré le premier ministre conservateur Fredrik Reinfeldt. « On ne peut pas s’attendre à ce qu’uniquement les autorités ou les politiciens règlent tous les problèmes de société. Il en va de la responsabilité de la société civile, des parents et de chaque individu pour régler cela localement », a pour sa part lancé Nyamko Sabuni, ministre libérale de l’intégration, l’une des trois ministres à avoir fait le déplacement en banlieue.

School Burned Down by Youth in Stockholm

Epoch Times

9 06 2010

A large group of youth in the Rinkeby district in the Swedish capital, Stockholm began a riot on Monday. For two days, they threw stones at police, set fire to cars, and burned down a school building. The troubled district has a large immigrant population, and according to Swedish media, the incident began when police arrested a girl in the school.

Faced with a group of angry youths, one of the police officers fired a warning shot in the air. The youths claimed the fires were a way to lure the police forward, and were not intended to destroy the school. The police see it differently. Hans-Eric Neibig, the local police chief, says a group of young men started the fire because they were upset after being ejected from a school party.

The minister for Education, Jan Björklund, and minister for Integration and Gender Equality Nyamko Sabuni paid a visit to support residents in the shaken district. Police are patrolling the streets, and all loose stones are picked up during the day. Disturbances, stone-throwing, and fires are still expected. Police have arrested one person who they know well. More arrests are expected soon.

Two nights of riots in Stockholm suburb

Reuters

Thursday 10 June 2010 –

Riots in a Stockholm immigrant suburb have led to one arrest after a police station and other buildings were attacked, according to police. Three government ministers have visited the scene after case of arson spread to a neighbouring area overnight.

A man in his 20s was arrested Wednesday afternoon on suspicion of rioting after Tuesday night’s disturbances in the district of Rinkeby,  north-west of Stockholm.

“He has been detained and is previously known to the police, » officials said. They are examining footage from the security cameras and expect to make further arrest.

Swedish Prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt said the “riots that have burst in the Stockholm suburb on Monday and Tuesday needed to be brought quickly under control”.

Up to 100 youths rioted for two straight nights in a heavily immigrant suburb of Stockholm , throwing bricks, setting fire to buildings and vehicles and attacking the local police station.

Cases of arson are also reported in neighbouring Tensta.

“The whole thing started when a group of young adults were not permitted to enter a junior high school dance. They got angry and started throwing rocks through the school windows,” police spokesmperson Mats Eriksson said.

Rinkeby is home to many first- and second-generation immigrants, many of them from Somalia, and has earned the nickname of « Little Mogadishu ».

Riots rock Stockholm suburb: police

news.smh.com.au

June 9, 2010

AFP

Up to 100 youths rioted for two straight nights in a heavily immigrant suburb of Stockholm, throwing bricks, setting fires and attacking the local police station, police say.

« They set fire to a school building … They tried to set fire to the police station and other buildings and vehicles, but mostly they have thrown rocks and bricks at police and firefighters, » police spokesman Mats Eriksson told AFP on Wednesday.

He said no one had so far been injured in the riots in the Rinkeby suburb, known for having one of the highest concentrations of first- and second-generation immigrants in Sweden.

Fires and rioting in Stockholm suburb

www.thelocal.se/

9 Jun 10

According to another witness a bus trying to enter the deprived area was forced to stop.

« Not a single window on the bus was intact, » an eye witness said.

Police were given an indication that something was afoot earlier in the evening as youths gathered on the streets equipping themselves with paving stones.

« They did all they could to attract our attention, » said Mats Brännlund at Stockholm police.

But police decided to react first when a building housing a mentor programme for young people in the area, burst into flames.

« We had to help the emergency services to get through, » Brännlund said.

In total around 20 police patrols with dogs were present in the area throughout the night as they tried to restore calm. Police vehicles were also subject to stone throwing.

« If you attack the police with stones and set alight to buildings then I would venture to suggest that it can be classified as rioting, » he said.

The fire services deployed 21 staff from three fire stations at the location, but none were reported to have been subjected to stone throwing.

A branch of the Nordea bank was attacked at around midnight with the local police station also the target of stone throwing youths. Two men were detained in connection with the police station attack.

According to media reports on Wednesday the cause of the outbreak of violence could have been the reaction to an argument at a party.

Immigrant youths riot in Sweden, burning down school

Bbc.co.uk

Wednesday, 9 June 2010

Rioters in the Swedish capital, Stockholm, have burned down a school building and thrown stones at police in a second night of disturbances.

The trouble began on Monday after a group of youths in a suburb with a mainly immigrant population were refused entry to a school dance.

Police say up to 100 youths went on the rampage, throwing stones and setting several cars alight.

Two people were detained but later released.

‘Little Mogadishu’

Police said the rioters threw stones at the fire engines, preventing them from reaching the school building before it burned to the ground. The youths also attacked a police station.

Rinkeby is home to a large number of first- and second-generation immigrants. Many of them are from Somalia, so the area is sometimes nicknamed Little Mogadishu.

Government ministers have visited Rinkeby to assess the situation.

~ par Alain Bertho sur 9 juin 2010.

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