Migrants are responsible for the string of car arsons across Sweden, and deportations are needed to curb this activity, the candidate from Alternative for Sweden (AfS) in the upcoming parliamentary election, Markus Jonsson, told Sputnik in an interview.
MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 06th September, 2018) Migrants are responsible for the string of car arsons across Sweden, and deportations are needed to curb this activity, the candidate from Alternative for Sweden (AfS) in the upcoming parliamentary election, Markus Jonsson, told Sputnik in an interview.
In mid-August, over 100 cars were burned down in a mass attack in the Goteborg area on Sweden's west coast in a single night. The authorities said that the attack was coordinated and carried out by a group of young people. Two suspects were reportedly detained in Sweden, and another one in Turkey, to where he fled after the attack. Several buildings and vehicles were set on fire about a week later in southern Sweden.
"This was filmed by residents who saw their own cars be set ablaze in a very organized manner, when the immigrants ran between cars, smashed windows and set them ablaze. This is obviously people that cannot be in Sweden, who are not able, or willing or have the prerequisite to become a part of our society. The only solution is re-migrate these people to their countries," Jonsson said.
While Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven has said he was angered by the arson, the AfS candidate argued that the government did not do enough.
"The signal that the Swedish authorities is sending to these kinds [of people] is that 'it's fine to do this, nothing's going to happen to you.' You need tough measures to meet this sort of problem, otherwise it's going to escalate," Jonsson said.
The police have reportedly said the arsons were not a new phenomenon, especially shortly before the beginning of a new school year. Media reports about the police statements did not specify whether the detained men were identified as migrants.
The AfS, launched in March, will run in the parliamentary election scheduled for this Sunday. All 349 seats in the Riksdag will be contested. A party may enter the parliament if it secures four percent of the vote across the country or 12 percent of the vote in any one constituency.
