The shops in Husby close in protest against crime – financial times

the Clock is 13 today it closed all the stores in Husby centre.

the Closure is an action from the merchants in order to protest against the crime rate in the district.

– We want police and politicians to protect their citizens and the local business community, ” says Salam Kurda, shop owner and president of the handelsföreningen in Husby.

the Clock is 13 today closed all stores in Husby center. The closure, which should last for at 18, is a protest against crime in the area. The many recent robberies and burglaries have been merchants to get tired of it.

– We lose a lot on to keep closed, on a Friday, but we feel that up to here now. It can’t go on like this, something must happen now, ” says Salam Kurda, shop owner and president of the handelsföreningen in Husby.

"Society has left the"

Salam Kurda drive business Orient life and has been active in the Husby in 30 years. He has suffered robbery, vandalism, and burglary several times. The latest occurred during the night of Monday, when a van ran straight into the store. The next night was hit grannaffären.

– the Community has left this part of Stockholm. You can’t just leave out an entire neighborhood to the criminals, ” says Salam Kurda.

He says that the police did not come when he and his colleagues are calling. Salam Kurda hope that today’s protest to get the authorities to wake up.

– Politicians need to realize that a town taken over by criminals. It is a suburb in the north of Africa, ” he says.

Many have understanding

a Lot of people have gathered in the square. Most people have an understanding of the traders ‘ action, despite the disappointment over the just today can’t act.

Magnus Lindgren from the foundation Safer Sweden is on place on the square. He thinks it is a good initiative from the merchants.

– This is unique to Sweden, such a protest has never been implemented in the past. Good that the initiative comes from the traders themselves, ” he says.

the Police are also on the location on the square with a patrol.

– We have, of course, not abandoned Husby, but I understand that the Minister is frustrated, ” says Martin Marmgren, the police who work in the Järva district of stockholm.

Marmgren, however, is also self-critical and give Salam Kurda right in some respects.

– We have not been able to be here as much as we should, ” he says and continues:

– We have not really succeeded, in our resource have not really been adequate to meet the reasonable requirements of the citizens in Husby. Such a thing has been to have the continuous presence that people want here.

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Salam Kurda does not exclude that the protest in Husby can get to continue.

– it Will not be better so will we do about it here more times that Stockholm city is to understand that business is important and that the centre does not work without us, ” he says.

december 30, 201615:56