SV: {UAH} Swedish police kill man with Down's syndrome carrying toy gun
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Okello DOKOLO and UAH folks,
Please, let us not try to pour blames because, this unfortunate tragedy has happened and we hope the Swedish Police Union and Human rights bodies to investigate this tragedy. As it stand, the minister for police had already set a commission inquiry meanwhile the police incharge of the force had been sent to leave with immediate effect.
Second, I saw on TV debate this morning whereby a former police inspector who is a professor of Police and Civil Right stated that the type of the toy-gun are quite difficult to differentiate with the real gun. He said, there need a lot of proper investigation of this tragedy.
Mzee Ocaya pOcure
Den fredag, 3 augusti 2018 15:40 skrev mayimunak <mayimunak@gmail.com>:
If the deceased were Muslim, you'd have hailed the Swedish police for shooting a "terrorist ". Your hypocrisy boggles the mind I tell ya Bobby
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From: Bobby Alcantara <bobbyalcantara94@gmail.com>
Date: 2018-08-03 8:51 AM (GMT-05:00)
To: ugandans-at-heart <ugandans-at-heart@googlegroups.com>
Subject: {UAH} Swedish police kill man with Down's syndrome carrying toy gun
Mike Ocaya p'Ocure/ Reggae Laduma/ Gook,
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-- Look at the incompetence of the Swedish police!! It is staggering. Instead of tackling violent muslims gangs in Malmo and Gottenburg, they are shooting down a young man with a mental illness instead. Cant they tell a toy gun from the real thing? The Swedish police needs to be revamped and given new training. The London Metropolitan Police offered to help the Swedish police with training on anti-terrorism, but I think the Swedish government was too proud to accept the offer, and now look what is happening..
Bobby.
Swedish police kill man with Down's syndrome carrying toy gun
GETTY IMAGESA young man fatally shot by Swedish police while carrying a toy gun in Stockholm had Down's syndrome and a form of autism, local media report.
Officers opened fire on Eric Torell, 20, in response to what they described as a "threatening situation" in the early hours of Thursday morning.
He was reported missing after leaving home hours earlier, his family said.
Eric's mother, Katarina Söderberg, said the toy was a gift and she described her son as "the world's kindest man".
Ms Söderberg told Swedish news outlet Expressen that Eric was severely disabled and struggled with his speech, only ever really using the word "mum".
She described the plastic toy he was carrying at the time of the shooting as "like a submachine gun".
"It's impossible to understand. He wouldn't hurt a fly," Ms Söderberg said.
The incident occurred at about 04:00 local time in the Vasastan district of the Swedish capital, Stockholm, after police responded to reports of a man in possession of a gun.
Three officers reportedly arrived at the scene and approached Eric before ordering him to discard what they believed to be a dangerous weapon. He was then shot after failing to comply and acting "threateningly", police said.
Eric was taken to hospital but was later confirmed dead from his injuries.
Ms Söderberg said her son had left home a number of times previously but had always been found or returned.
An investigation into possible police misconduct is now under way, Expressen reported.
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