Multiple blasts hit Swede Malmo

The peace loving country finds in midst of growing violence and latest to hit is the youngcity of Malmo. Cosmopolitan population growth in recent years has seen the this week’s unrest continues a series of numerous shootings, explosions and arsons that have occurred since the beginning of the year in Malmo, infamous for high crime rates, multi-ethnic and gang-related violence.

Three grenade attacks this week have rocked Malmo, the third largest city in Sweden, prompting police to sound an alarm over the increasing violence. Malmo with large migrant population, was struck by multiple explosions, shootings and arson.

Report by local authorities, 31 percent of the city’s 300, 000 population were born abroad and nearly 41 percent of the residents have a foreign background. The main countries from which immigration takes place are ones which have been recently plagued by conflicts – migrant groups from Iraq, Syria, the former Yugoslavia and Somalia are among them. The data also says that the Muslim population constitutes about 20 percent of Malmo’s population; this is one of the most significant percentages in Scandinavian cities.

Adrian Groglopo, professor of social science at the University of Gothenburg said that the conflicts are fueled by racial and economic tensions.“People growing up in different areas segregated racially and economically are trying to keep their own business, protect their own areas and sometimes create a very violent climate,” he told media.
Malmo is a rather young city and its population is mostly young as well, with almost half under the age of 35, according to local authorities.On Friday the southern Swedish city of Malmo was shaken by an overnight hand grenade attack in the Solbacken neighbourhood, local media reported. It occurred less than 12 hours after another explosion in the residential area of Limhamn in the west, and two days after a car bomb attack that injured a man outside a community center in the south.