Arson against police cars in Helsinki, Finland

There has been several attacks against police in southern Finland lately. 6th of November there were several petrol bombs against police station in Kerava, causing little blackened asphalt. 8th of December there was arson with two fuel canisters at police station in Kirkkonummi. Fire destroyed the entrance of the station. According to corporate media, there was a family living in an old janitor's apartment in the same building, and the fire was said to be at risk to spread there. Both attacks were claimed by anarchists.

In recent weeks there have been news reports about arson attacks against expensive cars. Tuesday 13th of December a communique posted to anarchist website takku.net claimed an arson against the SUV of an executive of AztraZeneca, a company involved in vivisection.
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Most recent attack happened early in the morning of 16th of December in Helsinki, when two police vans were destroyed in a fire. A single van was worth more than 75 000 euros.

Soon after the fire, police say they arrested several people from a car nearby. According to police, the arrested are connected to the anarchist milieu. However, there is quite active traffic in the area, and it seems that the arrested were just coming from a party, since, according to police, "it looks like there was an influence of alcohol". Later in the day came the communique taking responsibility of the fire and implying that the arrested have nothing to do with it.

Kimmo Huhta-aho, the cop leading the investigation, said to corporate media that "this might be related to the wider spirit of these times. Authorities are falling and the respect and immunity for institutions are breaking down." He also said that "it seems that there is nothing sacred in the society anymore ... this is of course a kind of phenomenon in Finnish scale, that there is so much similar vandalism by fire, and it is against the better part of society and against police, the pillar of society."

It was also reported by corporate media that there is now a joint task force of Finnish Security Intelligence Service and National Bureau of Investigations leading the investigations against anarchists in general and recent arsons in particular.

Communique:

As the world economy falters the power elite holds on to capitalism with tooth and nail, even though around them, the house of cards is wavering. The people who suffer from this listen to the money-grabbing power elite without calling into question the orders the elite hands out just to save their own hinds.

The police are a model example of obedience. The decisions are made high up in the hierarchy and the people who execute these commands can not and will not put them into question. Bureaucracy will always prove too slow and rigid for life that is characterized by being fast-paced and ever-moving.

On the night of Friday the 16th of December 2011, we burned two police cars in the backyard of a Volkswagen-dealership in the Herttoniemi district in Helsinki. We torched both cars by lighting and placing a handful of lighting briquettes on the front wheels and then fled the scene.

According to their communiqués the police have apprehended people in the vicinity of the dealership on the same night. It is not unheard of that the police bungle arrests without any evidence.

We claim responsibility for the arson of these cars and wish to say, that no arrests will resolve this situation.

Solidarity with all who are imprisoned!


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