Sweden acquits Syrian man of ‘terror crime’ after attack on Shiite cultural centre
Stockholm — On Friday, a court acquitted a Syrian refugee accused of attacking a Shiite cultural centre in southern Sweden, saying there was no evidence against him to prove a "terror crime" or arson. The 30-year-old Syrian citizen, a Sunni Muslim, had been charged with a "terror crime, alternatively arson" after allegedly throwing a Molotov cocktail at the centre on October 11, triggering a fire, while several people were having a Shiite celebration in Sweden’s third largest city of Malmö. Lennart Strinas, a judge at the Malmo district court, said "one of the prerequisites for the fire to be judged a terrorist crime" is that the attack could have "seriously damaged" the Swedish state. "This was not the case according to the district court," Strinas said in a statement, adding the incident ought to be considered arson instead. But there was no technical evidence or witnesses pointing to the Syrian either, the court ruled. No trace of the man’s fingerprints was found at the crime sce...
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