Yesterday, one of my readers, underground pewster, sent in the Yahoo!News link to the horrifying fatal stabbing of a Swedish social worker at a youth home for male refugees in Molndal, southwest Sweden.
Her murderer is a 15-year-old.
I replied that the young woman probably considered her work as a vocation.
It turns out she did.
The Daily Mail revealed that Alexandra Mehzer, 22, the daughter of Lebanese immigrants, anticipated returning to university to earn a Master’s degree in social science. One of her cousins described her as:
‘an angel’.
She told Swedish media: ‘It is so terrible. She was a person who wanted to do good, who wanted to be good.
‘And then he murdered her when she was doing her job. We have cried a lot. She was such a nice person, warm and happy.’
Alexandra’s mother, Cheméne Mehzer, said the same, adding that her daughter was
a just and fair human being. There were so many who loved her. She was my daughter, my friend.. my mate.
The fatal attack took place before 8 a.m. on January 25, 2016, when the attacker set upon her. Alexandra had been working at the small refugee centre for only a few months. The centre accommodates ten ‘unaccompanied’ youths between the ages of 14 and 17.
It is unclear where the other nine youths were at the time. However, soon after the attack happened, a group of them overcame the boy and held him until the police arrived. He was arrested on suspicion of murder.
Alexandra was rushed to hospital in Gothenburg, but doctors were unable to save her.
Police spokesman Thomas Fuxborg gave no information on the assailant’s nationality or motive. However, he did tell Swedish media:
These kinds of calls are becoming more and more common.
We’re dealing with more incidents like these since the arrival of so many more refugees from abroad.
Alexandra’s murder took place as National Police Commissioner Dan Eliasson requested 4,100 extra officers and support staff to cope with the recent spate of attacks and criminal activity on the part of newcomers to Sweden. Deportation is a real possibility, provided it can be arranged with the home country.
Eliasson said (emphases mine):
We are forced to respond to many disturbances in asylum reception centres. In some places, this takes significant police resources.
This was not the case six months ago and it means that we won’t be able to respond as effectively in other areas.
The Mail tells us:
According to the Swedish Migration Agency, the number of threats and violent incidents at asylum facilities more than doubled between 2014 and 2015.
In 2014, there were 148 incidents but in 2015 that number jumped to 322.
The article says that police are also struggling with spontaneous arson attacks on asylum facilities, stricter border controls introduced on January 4 and the higher terrorist threat level as a result of the Paris attacks last November.
Police union director Lena Nitz explained that Swedish police have long been underfunded and understaffed. She said:
It is obvious that the migrant situation is a great strain. It has become clear that the situation is completely unsustainable.
Last year, Sweden, with a population of 9.8m, took in 160,000 asylum seekers in 2015. Since then, the government has tightened asylum rules.
However, in Stockholm, unaccompanied migrant minors — boys — are already wreaking havoc at the capital’s largest aquatics centre Eriksdalsbadet and at the central railway station.
Over the past three weeks, four cases involving girls under the age of 18 have been filed. These are complaints of indecent assault experienced at Eriksdalsbadet. The incidents took place in hot tubs, swimming pools and in the changing rooms.
Another Mail article discusses the Moroccan boys’ gangs which are making Stockholm’s central railway station a no-go zone. The fearless groups of children are not above attacking security guards, either.
Police estimate there may be 200 youths in total. Some are only nine years old.
It is thought that the youths have run away from state homes for juvenile migrants. In the centre of Stockholm, they can live as they please on the streets, earning their way by stealing and amusing themselves with assaults on girls and young women.
One Stockholm police officer said:
These guys are a huge problem for us. They steal stuff everywhere and assault security guards at the central station …
They grope girls between their legs, and slap them in the face when they protest. All police officers are aware of this.
I would never let my children go to the central station. No officer would.
The theory behind this situation is explained in an article about Pakistani Muslim attacks on innocent Christian girls — a horrifying and highly recommended read.
The article quotes the late Majid Khadduri, the founder of Johns Hopkins’s SAIS Middle East Studies Program. He held a variety of ministerial roles in the Middle East then taught at SAIS from 1950 until 1980. He died in 2007 at the age of 98. He was widely respected for his knowledge of Muslim law and society. He explained the thinking behind the Muslim spoils of war:
The term spoil (ghanima) is applied specifically to property acquired by force from non-Muslims. It includes, however, not only property (movable and immovable) but also persons, whether in the capacity of asra (prisoners of war) or sabi (women and children). … If the slave were a woman, the master was permitted to have sexual connection with her as a concubine.
This belief has been applied against non-Muslims, ‘infidels’, in various European nations over the years and has escalated this year.
Westerners see the acceptance of migrants as being compassionate and merciful.
Young migrants might well see it as an invitation for invasion and an opportunity to exploit.
And where are the Christian refugees in all of this? Should we not have taken them in first then made a considered decision about Muslim migrants later?
11 comments
January 26, 2016 at 11:44 pm
churchmouse
Alleged perpetrator from Somalia:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3416343/Sweden-asylum-worker-22-stabbed-death-frenzied-attack-CHILD-migrant-centre-refugee-boy-15-arrested-murder.html?ito=social-twitter_mailonline
‘A boy, 15, from Somalia, who lived at the centre, is in police custody’
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January 27, 2016 at 1:00 pm
Flyinthesky
As long as we keep following doctrines instead of applying common sense nothing is going to change.
There is no neutral solution.
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January 27, 2016 at 1:38 pm
Alec
Some doctrines are more equal than others…
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January 27, 2016 at 4:23 pm
Flyinthesky
Policy seems to be made by vociferous minorities, the missing element as usual is democratic representation. If we had actual democracy most of the pickles we find ourselves in would be non existent.
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January 27, 2016 at 5:00 pm
The True Light!
Hi Church mouse! A sad, disturbing story indeed. Even more than that is the fact that stories like these are becoming “commonplace” in societies around the globe. As God is expelled from the lives of many, the evil one is taking advantage of stepping in in His place!
This is especially true among our younger people who act out more often due to their lack of maturity and experience in life. So sad to hear of this tragedy…
Hope all is well with you my friend!
~Steve
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January 27, 2016 at 10:00 pm
churchmouse
Steve, it’s great to hear from you. Yes, I am well, many thanks.
Agree that these events are saddening, tragic and horrible. Also agree about the vacuum created when people slip away from or reject God. Only one being can step into His place, and we are seeing the consequences.
Bad experiences combined with youth and trauma seem endemic these days. Our generation was warned when we were young not to engage in activity that Scripture proscribed. Too many of our generation ignored that to our peril. This poor judgement has had an impact not only on them and their families personally but on society as a whole.
I hope all is well with you, too. May God continue to bless you.
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January 28, 2016 at 6:06 pm
The True Light!
Glad to hear you are doing well, Churchmouse! What you have stated in your normally eloquent way is so true. The evil one will take any vacancy left in the hearts and minds of others when people release the Lord from them.
What else can result in these cases but confusion and chaos, as this is what Satan is all about! We go from bad to worse in every instance, as it is the mission of the evil one to destroy the things of Christ.
He may take down some people, certainly those who never come to the Lord, or never come back if they leave. In the time Satan does rule in these hearts, nothing good will come of these people nor the things with which they are associated. It is a sad social and spiritual commentary indeed.
Societies as a whole around the globe need to wake up to that fact…but will they? One day for certain they will as the Bible tells us.
Have a super day my friend!
Steve
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January 29, 2016 at 10:26 am
churchmouse
Thank you, Steve!
I do not know what it will take to bring people (back) to God. One would have thought that with all the abject moral misery these days, more of the unchurched might be drawn to the Bible for an answer. But no.
Even worse, over the past decade I have heard Americans of my acquaintance say, ‘God is all child’s stuff’ or ‘for stupid people’. They sound like other Westerners now. These people had a good upbringing, including church membership and attendance.
You’ve said it before, though: we can but pray for them.
Have a good weekend.
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January 29, 2016 at 9:34 pm
The True Light!
It seems to be the trend these days…people leaving their roots and exploring life on their own terms. As you have implied, the church upbringing they may have had was for their mother’s and father’s upbringing. But they have grown up now and things change.
Couple that with the lack of Godly influence in most places people go these days and there you have it: confirmation that the things of God have passed…
I’m not sure what will get people back to worship on this side of eternity, but they will surely answer for their unbelief on the other side of eternity!
Prayer, it’s the main thing we do for them.
Steve
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January 29, 2016 at 11:16 pm
churchmouse
‘Prayer, it’s the main thing we do for them.’
You bet it is. Thanks, Steve! 🙂
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January 30, 2016 at 11:25 pm
churchmouse
Photo of alleged ’15-year-old’ murderer of Alexandra. Looks older than 15:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3423968/Mobs-hundreds-masked-men-rampage-Stockholm-central-station-beating-refugee-children.html?ito=social-twitter_mailonline
In the same article:
– Fed up with migrant gangs’ assaults on young women, 200 Swedish men ganged up on the migrant ‘children’ at Stockholm’s central railway station on January 30.
– Half of 2015’s asylum seekers might be deported from Sweden this year.
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