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Sweden hit by wave of car torching incidents

Xinhua, August 11, 2016 Adjust font size:

The southern Swedish city of Malmo has seen a string of car torching incidents in the past month, with at least 11 vehicles burnt down and totally destroyed on Wednesday night alone, local media reported Thursday.

Nearly 60 car fires occurred around Malmo, Sweden's third largest city, since the beginning of July. There has been an escalation in incidents in the past few days, according to the police.

"Many cars have been burnt down within a short space of time. We don't know why it is happening now in particular," Ewa-Gun Westford, a spokesperson of the Malmo police, told the Swedish news agency on Wednesday.

Vehicles have also been set alight in other Swedish cities and towns, including in Gothenburg, the country's second largest city.

"I don't know why exactly [the cars were attacked]," said Peter Adlersson, another police spokesperson. "It is pure devilry. It tends to be like this in connection with the start and end of the school breaks," he added. Endit