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Dear subscriber,
In 2017, no one kept track of the number of explosions on Sweden’s streets. Why would they? Counting improvised explosive devices (IEDs) on the streets of modern European cities should be like counting snowflakes in the Sahara—completely pointless.
But in 2018, they started counting. That year, 162 explosions demanded attention. As of November 11 this year, there have been 160, according to Intelligence Fusion.
The explosions are also getting bigger. Last year, they were firecrackers. Now the blasts are more likely to be the result of full-on IEDs. One such blast contained 15 kilograms (33 pounds) of explosives. The largest explosion was this past June in a university town, Linköping. It destroyed two residential buildings and damaged 150 apartments.
"Unfortunately, we must look to war zones for something similar," Amir Rostami a criminologist at Stockholm University told the Dagens Nyheternewspaper.
"The armed criminal violence is having effects that are increasingly similar to those of terrorism," Prof. Wilhelm Agrell told Lund University.
It’s at the point where authorities have warned residents in Malmö, Sweden, to keep an eye out for explosives if they are out after dark. "At times, it seems like Malmö has more in common with Baghdad than with other European cities," wrote Deutsche Welle in a feature on the town where explosions and shootings are now a "normal" part of life.
Denmark has been forced to check passports on its border with Sweden for the first time in 60 years as it tries to stop the violence from spreading.
This big, underreported story reveals the sickness infecting Europe.
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A sickness has taken root in America’s government.
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What can we learn from Germany’s newest U-boats?
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Attack on a New York synagogue
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Events over the weekend vividly illustrated the dangerous rise in anti-Semitism. In a synagogue in New York during Chanukah celebrations, a knifeman stabbed five people. In London, anti-Semitic graffiti was spread all over a Jewish neighborhood near kosher restaurants and a synagogue. Growing anti-Semitism is a symptom of deep problems in society, problems that will affect many more than just the Jews. To learn more about it, listen to today’s Trumpet Daily Radio Show or read our article " The One Minority Society Loves to Hate."
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The worst year yet for mass shootings
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2019 is the deadliest year on record for mass killings, according to the Associated Press. They recorded 210 deaths in 41 attacks, making it the deadliest year since at least the 1970s. To learn more about this disturbing trend and how to fix it, read Trumpet editor in chief Gerald Flurry’s article " The Real Solution to Mass Shootings and Violence."
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German arms exports hit record high
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Germany’s Social Democratic Party is part of the nation’s ruling coalition. The party talks a lot about cutting arms exports, so you would think that these exports would be declining. Instead, they reached record highs for 2019—hitting €7.95 billion (US$8.9 billion). This was 65 percent higher than 2018. Read more about this trend here.
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