2016 Malmö Muslim community centre arson

Arson attack in Malmö, Sweden 2016 Malmö Muslim community centre arson 2016 10 11 Malmö Muslim community centre 55.5746 13.0520 type:event_globe:earth_region:SE title Arson On 11 October 2016, a fire was deliberately set at the Malmö Muslim community centre in Malmö,Agency Anadolu 2016-10-12 Arson attack targets Muslim prayer room in Sweden https://www.dailysabah.com/islamophobia/2016/10/12/arson-attack-targets-muslim-prayer-room-in-sweden 2025-05-04 Daily Sabah en-US Sweden, which housed a Shia mosque. There were no injuries and only minor damage. ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack.Batchelor Tim Sweden's largest Shia mosque burned down in suspected arson attack https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/sweden-mosque-fire-arson-stockholm-police-jakobsberg-imam-ali-islamic-centre-a7711431.html 11 July 2017 The Independent 1 May 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170707082635/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/sweden-mosque-fire-arson-stockholm-police-jakobsberg-imam-ali-islamic-centre-a7711431.html 7 July 2017 live A Syrian resident of Malmö was arrested, tried and acquitted and the incident was deemed to be arson, but not terrorism. In June 2017, a man was arrested in Germany, accused of working for the ISIS-related news agency, Amaq. Police claim he had contacted the accused before and after this attack in order to report back to Amaq.Dearden Lizzie Isis propagandist who linked terrorists with Amaq 'news agency' arrested in Germany https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/isis-amaq-agency-claim-responsibility-attacks-member-arrested-germany-mohammed-g-syrian-latest-a7782586.html 11 July 2017 The Independent 9 June 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170710130940/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/isis-amaq-agency-claim-responsibility-attacks-member-arrested-germany-mohammed-g-syrian-latest-a7782586.html 10 July 2017 liveWatkinson William Syrian Isis propagandist linked to Amaq news agency arrested in Germany, say police http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/syrian-isis-propagandist-linked-amaq-news-agency-arrested-germany-say-police-1625629 11 July 2017 International Business Times 9 June 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170702230323/http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/syrian-isis-propagandist-linked-amaq-news-agency-arrested-germany-say-police-1625629 2 July 2017 live Events A 30-year-old Syrian man was arrested in December 2016, accused of throwing the fire bomb that set off the fire, causing damage to the building,Man arrested in Sweden on terrorism charges following mosque arson: SVT https://www.reuters.com/article/us-sweden-arson-idUSKBN13U191 10 July 2017 Swedish Television Reuters 5 December 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20170731011450/http://www.reuters.com/article/us-sweden-arson-idUSKBN13U191 31 July 2017 live which housed a Shia mosque. At trial in early June, 2017, the accused was acquitted of all charges and the fire was deemed to be arson, but not to be terrorism-related.Malmö fire was not terrorism: court https://www.thelocal.se/20170421/malm-fire-at-islamic-centre-was-not-terrorism-court 9 June 2017 The Local 21 April 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170421133608/https://www.thelocal.se/20170421/malm-fire-at-islamic-centre-was-not-terrorism-court 21 April 2017 liveSyrian Charged With Terror Over Arson Attack on Islamic Center in Sweden Last Year https://www.haaretz.com/world-news/europe/1.779807 10 July 2017 Haaretz 27 March 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170730205035/http://www.haaretz.com/world-news/europe/1.779807 30 July 2017 dead After being acquitted, the accused was immediately remanded to the custody of the Swedish Security police Säpo, where procedures were activated to open a case under the Foreign Immigration Control law to establish whether his residency status should be revoked and he should be deported to his country of origin on the grounds of having ties with ISIS and of posing a threat to national security.https://www.thelocal.se/20170420/swedish-security-police-want-man-accused-of-terrorism-for-islamic-centre-fire-to-be-deported Roden Lee Swedish security police want man accused of terrorism for Islamic centre fire to be deported 22 October 2017 The Local 20 April 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20171023010454/https://www.thelocal.se/20170420/swedish-security-police-want-man-accused-of-terrorism-for-islamic-centre-fire-to-be-deported 23 October 2017 live ISIS involvement According to The Local, investigators had found a description of how to make a detonator on the accused man's computer, along with ISIS propaganda films showing Islamic State militants fighting and killing "infidels" and also the image of an Isis flag. In October 2016, the ISIS magazine al-Naba claimed that the arson was committed by "a warrior from the caliphate," who acted "on the instructions of the leader al-Adnani", Isis spokesman Abu Mohammad al-Adnani, and described the arson fire as the Islamic State's first attack on Scandinavia.Isis claims unremarked arson attack in Malmö https://www.thelocal.se/20161021/isis-claims-swedish-arson-attack-that 10 July 2017 The Local 21 October 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20170709160722/https://www.thelocal.se/20161021/isis-claims-swedish-arson-attack-that 9 July 2017 liveStromme Lizzie Act of terror in Sweden? Desperate ISIS claim credit for arsonist attack amid Mosul defeat Express (London) 21 October 2016 1830795101 Swedish terrorism expert Magnus Ranstorp dismissed the ISIS claim, but terrorism expert Hans Brun of King's College London, noted that given the paucity of press coverage, the question was how the ISIS news agency "got access to this information". In June 2017, German police arrested a 23 year old Syrian man identified only as Mohammed G., accusing him of being an Isis member and of passing on information to the Amaq News Agency since September 2015.https://www.generalbundesanwalt.de/de/showpress.php?newsid=712https://www.generalbundesanwalt.de/de/showpress.php?newsid=712 Festnahme eines mutmaßlichen Mitglieds der ausländischen terroristischen Vereinigung "Islamischer Staat" (IS) 8 June 2017 Der Generalbundesanwalt German 21 October 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20171021220603/https://www.generalbundesanwalt.de/de/showpress.php?newsid=712https%3A%2F%2Fwww.generalbundesanwalt.de%2Fde%2Fshowpress.php%3Fnewsid%3D712 21 October 2017 live German police accused Mohammad G. of communicating with the alleged perpetrator of the Malmö arson attack on social media. According to the German prosecutor's office, "One day after this attack, the accused demanded from his contact person (in Sweden) a personal claim of this deed..., The background was that Amaq did not want to issue a report about the attack without such a claim".Kallimachi Rukmini Syrian Accused of Working for ISIS News Agency Is Arrested in Germany https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/08/world/europe/syrian-accused-of-working-for-isis-news-agency-is-arrested-in-germany.html?_r=0 9 June 2017 New York Times 8 June 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170610002618/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/08/world/europe/syrian-accused-of-working-for-isis-news-agency-is-arrested-in-germany.html?_r=0 10 June 2017 live Following the arrest of Mohammad G., Shiraz Maher, deputy director of the International Center for the Study of Radicalization at King's College, London, said "We've all assumed that they are reading news reports, and then saying, 'Our guy did this.' But this is interesting because this does show that they clearly have someone, who is one of their guys, and who is getting verification and confirming that this attack was in our name", however Maher cautioned that the German police statement had mentioned only a single example of such confirmation. Response In a speech in February 2017, Donald Trump stated that the media was not reporting on terrorist attacks. Later that day, the Trump administration included this event in a list of 78 attacks which the admin said were "under-reported".Trump says terror attacks 'under-reported': Is that true? https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38890090 11 June 2017 BBC News 7 February 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170521171654/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38890090 21 May 2017 livehttps://www.thelocal.se/20170207/why-trump-claimed-minor-malmo-fire-was-under-reported-terror Why Trump claimed minor Malmö fire was 'under-reported terror Roden Lee 7 February 2017 13 June 2017 The Local https://web.archive.org/web/20170328020751/https://www.thelocal.se/20170207/why-trump-claimed-minor-malmo-fire-was-under-reported-terror 28 March 2017 live See also Malmö Synagogue attacks Malmö Mosque attacks 2014 mosque arson attacks in Sweden Arson attacks on asylum centres in Sweden References Category:2016 crimes in Sweden Category:Attacks on Shia mosques Category:Arson in Sweden Category:2010s in Malmö Category:Attacks in Europe in 2016 Category:October 2016 crimes in Europe Category:Attacks on mosques in Sweden Category:Islamist attacks on mosques Category:Attacks on buildings and structures in 2016 Category:Arson in 2016 Category:2016 fires in Europe Category:2016 in Islam Category:Attacks on mosques in the 2010s Category:Mosque arson Category:Islamic State attacks Category:Persecution of Shias by the Islamic State