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August 03, 2011

AP: In Nordics, ethnic tensions beneath placid surface

by Jim Heintz
The Associated Press

(AP) — He feared immigrants, kept a victims' list that included a famous black hip-hop artist, and allegedly stalked his targets with a gun.

The case carries echoes of Anders Behring Breivik — a lone gunman unleashing xenophobic fury in a shocking explosion of violence. And although the shooter who terrified the Swedish city of Malmo last year was less lethal than the Norway killer, new revelations provide a daunting reminder of the current of ethnic enmity beneath the Nordic countries' placid and tolerant surface.

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