Swedish foreign minister stabbed by knife

[ixnay]

Hey, they found the killer!

[statusperfect]

That is not very PC ix :/

[Chemical Ollie]

I assume you like 9/11 humour Ixnay?

It's rainin' men, halleluja
It's rainin' men, amen

[Combat Ingrid]

Although that was a very insensitive post:

[statusperfect]

So, who of you two got tears in you eyes when you saw the press conference?

I was crying a little for sure.

[Combat Ingrid]

I just feel generally depressed. Although I was no big fan of hers, it really sucks to have a thing like this happening, especially this close to the euro referendum

[Chemical Ollie]

Foreign Minister Jack Straw of Great Britain just held a condoleance speach full of emotion. Colin Powell of USA said yesterday that he was devastated. "Sweden has ABBA, Volvo and Anna"

Here's some news in English from BBC:

Swedish minister dies after stabbing


Lindh was one of Sweden's most popular politicians
Swedish Foreign Minister Anna Lindh has died in hospital from stab wounds inflicted while she was shopping in a department store in the centre of Stockholm.
Mrs Lindh, who suffered wounds to the chest, stomach and arms in the attack, spent most of the night in surgery as doctors tried unsuccessfully to save her life.

"During the operation it was confirmed that there was severe internal bleeding from a wound to the liver and several large blood vessels in the abdomen," a hospital statement said.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3098834.stm

[statusperfect]

Originally posted by Chemical Ollie
Colin Powell of USA said yesterday that he was devastated. "Sweden has ABBA, Volvo and Anna"
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It would be kinda strange to hear something like that from Bush after her critique of US foreign policy. Colin Powell = Very non-hawkish compared to the rest of the Bush gang.

I thought she would make it until i heard she had liver injuries. I counted her as dead yesterday evening and I'm quite used to the thought by now. You just don't survive a trashed liver.

[statusperfect]

Originally posted by Chemical Ollie
I assume you like 9/11 humour Ixnay?

It's rainin' men, halleluja
It's rainin' men, amen

Just take a look at his avatar.

[Tattila the Hun]

I thought we (scandinavians) were "above" things like this...

And humanity plummets. They should have taken care of us during the cold war.

[Kropotkin]

Well, now I'm quite upset. Another politician bites the dust and the cops have no clue as usual. The only thing they're good at is beating up no good spoiled leftist punks. I predict another charade in the media as the last time around, from -86 and thereafter.

I think it's a lone killer with some sort of mental problems. No real conspiracy. Everyone wants it to be something more behind a incident like this, as in the JFK assasination and the killing of Olof Palme. Loonies are everywhere and they are unpredictable.

[Spiffor]

this sucks. I too didn't believe she'd survive after reading about her liver.

I sure hope her legacy will live on, and I hope the Swedes won't become paranoid, despite the incident

[TheStinger]

With regard to the euro vote, what do polys scandanavians think's gonna happen

[Al'Kimiya]

This is exactly why we should have martial law. People teeming around in an unorderly fashion. This was just so bound to happen. Death to freedom!

[Kropotkin]

It could go any way. It could lead sympathy votes for "Yes" but it's also damaging for the "Yes"-campaign that seemed to be doing well these last couple of weeks. A lot of the TV-debates and other meetings will canceled or at least many of the leading figures will not attend. So the "Yes"-side will loose some changes to convince people.