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Worker stabbed to death at Swedish refugee centre Refugee centre worker stabbed to death in Sweden
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An employee at a refugee centre in Sweden was stabbed to death on Monday. An employee at a refugee centre in Sweden has been stabbed to death.
Police spokesman Thomas Fuxborg said the alleged assailant was a young man residing at the centre for unaccompanied asylum seekers aged between 14 and 17 in Molndal, near Gothenburg on Sweden’s west coast. Police spokesman Thomas Fuxborg said the alleged assailant was a young man living at the centre for unaccompanied asylum seekers aged between 14 and 17 in Molndal, near Gothenburg on Sweden’s west coast.
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He did not give details about the suspect’s age or nationality but said he had been arrested for murder. Swedish news agency TT said he was 15 years old. He did not give details about the suspect’s age or nationality but said the man had been arrested for murder. Swedish news agency TT said he was 15 years old.
The victim was a 22-year-old woman, and the motive was not immediately clear.The victim was a 22-year-old woman, and the motive was not immediately clear.
“These kinds of calls are becoming more and more common. We’re dealing with more incidents like these since the arrival of so many more refugees from abroad,” said Fuxborg.“These kinds of calls are becoming more and more common. We’re dealing with more incidents like these since the arrival of so many more refugees from abroad,” said Fuxborg.
Prime minister Stefan Lofven visited the area later on Monday. The Swedish prime minister, Stefan Lofven, visited the area in the aftermath of the death.
The attack came as national police commissioner Dan Eliasson requested 4,100 additional officers and support staff to help fight terrorism, carry out migrant deportations and police asylum facilities. The attack came as the national police commissioner, Dan Eliasson, requested 4,100 additional officers and support staff to help fight terrorism, carry out migrant deportations and police asylum facilities.
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“We are forced to respond to many disturbances in asylum reception centres. In some places, this takes significant police resources. This was not the case six months ago and it means that we won’t be able to respond as effectively in other areas,” Eliasson told TT.“We are forced to respond to many disturbances in asylum reception centres. In some places, this takes significant police resources. This was not the case six months ago and it means that we won’t be able to respond as effectively in other areas,” Eliasson told TT.
According to the Swedish Migration Agency, the number of threats and violent incidents at asylum facilities more than doubled from 2014 to 2015 as Sweden witnessed a record number of migrant arrivals.According to the Swedish Migration Agency, the number of threats and violent incidents at asylum facilities more than doubled from 2014 to 2015 as Sweden witnessed a record number of migrant arrivals.
In 2014, there were 148 incidents and in 2015 that number jumped to 322.In 2014, there were 148 incidents and in 2015 that number jumped to 322.
But arson attacks targeting asylum shelters have also surged, with at least two dozen centres reduced to ashes or damaged by fire last year. The number of arson attacks targeting asylum shelters have also surged, with at least two dozen centres destroyed or damaged by fire last year.
Also weighing on police resources are border controls introduced on 4 January and a higher national terrorist threat level after the Paris attacks in November. Also weighing on police resources are border controls introduced on 4 January and the higher national terrorist threat level introduced after the Paris attacks in November.
“Many of the problems we are now facing help to prove the point that Swedish police have long been underfunded and under-staffed,” police union director Lena Nitz told TT. “Many of the problems we are now facing help to prove the point that Swedish police have long been underfunded and under-staffed,” Lena Nitz, the director of the police union, told TT.
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“It is obvious that the migrant situation is a great strain. It has become clear that the situation is completely unsustainable.”“It is obvious that the migrant situation is a great strain. It has become clear that the situation is completely unsustainable.”
Like the rest of Europe, Sweden has been struggling with the continent’s biggest migration crisis since the second world war.Like the rest of Europe, Sweden has been struggling with the continent’s biggest migration crisis since the second world war.
Sweden, which has a population of 9.8 million, took in more than 160,000 asylum seekers in 2015, putting it among the EU states with the highest proportion of refugees per capita. The country, which has a population of 9.8 million, took in more than 160,000 asylum seekers in 2015, putting it among the EU states with the highest proportion of refugees per capita.
It has since tightened its asylum rules.It has since tightened its asylum rules.