A new explosion shook Malmo last night.
Both cars and homes were damaged in another suspected grenade attack.
– It was very uncomfortable, says a witness.
Some kind of explosives detonated in the district Limhamn in Malmö just after three o’clock the night of Thursday.
Several accommodation area awoke to the strong explosion and alerted police, who cordoned off around 200 meters of West Bernadottesgatan.
damaged several cars
According to police data to Aftonbladet, a hand grenade to have detonated in one of the parked cars.
But it is not fully established because the technical investigation is underway.
– It is too early to confirm but it is very possible that it was a hand grenade, said Kim Hild , press officer at Skåne police.
Several other cars have been damaged by the blast and the windows of residential buildings in the vicinity have been crushed or hit by shrapnel.
– It has caused damage to several cars nearby, says Kim Hild.
“Saw a fiery glow”
A witness who was on the site says that a car drove by on the street twice just before detonation.
– The third time the car drove into the West Bernadottesgatan I saw that it stopped. Almost at once I saw a fiery glow and heard a heavy explosion, said the witness.
The car drove at high speed onto Beach Street and disappeared in the direction of the center.
– It was very uncomfortable . It is not used to such violence in Limhamn, said the witness.
No damaged
The place is cordoned off, and police technicians have searched the crime scene during the early morning. Police technicians shone with flashlights in the parked cars.
The police are also working to find the car owner, and to investigate potential threats.
– The investigation is ongoing. It is in an initial stage right now so I can not say much more about it, says Kim Hild.
The medical staff and the emergency services were able to leave the place at four o’clock when it stated that no one should have been injured.
A series of bombings
A series of similar explosions have occurred in Malmo recently. For less than a week ago blew up a car in a hand grenade.
The night of Tuesday injured a 60-year-old man of a suspected hand grenade near a community in Northern Grängesbergsgatan. July 13 is also a hand grenade have been used to blow up an entrance door to the apartment block.
But according to the police it is too early to establish a link with the night’s event.
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