Santas Rob Swedish Castle Guard Of Gun

STOCKHOLM — Police say two men dressed as Santa Claus have robbed a guard at Stockholm's royal castle of his assault rifle.

Police spokesman Anders Krook says the duo attacked the guard in the early hours of Friday morning, entering his security zone by the castle and beating him up before fleeing the scene with his loaded AK5 rifle. A colleague came to the guard's aid and he was not seriously injured.

Krook says the robbers were dressed in Santa hats and masks. They made no attempt to enter the castle, which is not the royal family's residence. There are no suspects in the case.

Comments

[maryosullivanpaa]

08:26 PM on 12/26/2010

Note to Elvis Christ below;

Instead of asking what Cindy Sheehan or Kieth Olbermann are doing tell us
what you are doing? If neither of the aforementioned never do anything else
their actions to date more than fulfill their obligation to humankind. As Michael Moore
pointed out recently we must all do your share every day all year long

[KIVPossum]

05:31 PM on 12/26/2010

LOL. Know that makes the Royal Swedes feel good, knowing Santa can steal their guards' weapons.

[CptFreakout]

11:28 AM on 12/26/2010

ATTENTION ALL ELVES FLEE FLEE FOR YOUR LIVES IN BOBS SWEET NAME FLEE !!!!!!!!!!

[osofar]

02:48 AM on 12/26/2010

All Santas do not look alike (ask any Santa).

[LMPE]

05:45 PM on 12/25/2010

You'll shoot your eye out!

[Rooster Coburn]

04:49 PM on 12/25/2010

That's what happens with gun control. Here, in the land of the free and the home and the brave, Santa brings good people guns. When guns are banned the socialist anti-Santa has to take them from the good guys to give to the baddies.

[LMPE]

05:43 PM on 12/25/2010

unfortunately, corrupt gun salesmen end up giving mentally unstable people weapons

[Rooster Coburn]

06:10 PM on 12/25/2010

Your term "mentally unstable" is of no legal standing and so broad as to include almost anyone if left to the whim of anti-gun officials. There is no practical way to keep guns or drugs or anything else out of the hands of the "wrong" people without also inhibiting ordinary citizens from acquiring them.

[Vyslichajici]

09:50 AM on 12/25/2010

i will bet dollars to donuts that the guard was attacked by other guards who had something against him and wanted him drummed out of the guard corp. the dude is toast, he will never be permitted to serve as a guard again. no entry into the castle, nothing taken except the gun, the guard "beaten up". says to me that they knew the guard, didn't like him, and wanted him gone. i suspect an insider job.

[RasputinsLiver]

08:39 AM on 12/25/2010

Hey!

After hundreds of years doling out has anyone thought to give back to red-suited big boy? Huh?!

No!

So, the man who has given and given and given and given; been as consistent in doing so like the sun always rises; never's asked for anything back. Well, 'cept a hint about cookies, milk and maybe some oats and/or hay for the bunch to chew on.

But when was the last time humanity thought, "hey, ya know. We oughtta treat Nick an' his crew, man. They slave all year round to make gazillions of goodies for folks, barely time to rest from the previous outing.

I mean, ya never see the paps chasin' Nick down at some trendy bar on The Strip. The elves, when was the last time the tabs reported them gettin' busted in a group sex scandal with Pam Anderson, Octomom (they just love that crazy look in her eyes), or Paris? When?

Whatta about Rudy, his coke nose, and his bunch? Used to be these guys'd get up to some pretty off-season shenanigans, munchin' them 'shrooms an' turned-berries, then partyin' all day an' night long for days on end. Havin' their way with the dewy-eyed does. And generally causin' a ruckus the park rangers an' the AC officers'd have to come in an' haul 'em all off to "The Pen" to sleep it off.

An' Mrs Claus? Ha! But that was a long time ago, so.....best leave it be.

[Puller58]

07:09 AM on 12/25/2010

When you think about it, it's the perfect disguise around Christmas as far as being someone you wouldn't suspect.  The rest of the year, not so much.

[RasputinsLiver]

08:47 AM on 12/25/2010

Maybe like the burkha or the other thing, niqab, why, maybe France and other countries will start banning Santas? Or at least their suits?

[freddychef]

05:12 AM on 12/25/2010

I just watched a conflict on the palistine / isreal border, where disidents wore sata costumes.

My POV, at all future G8/10/12/20 meetings, instead of wearing black balaclova and clothes, the protesters should ware a Santa Suit!
Let the cops that incite violence ware black.

[RasputinsLiver]

08:46 AM on 12/25/2010

Hahahahaha! A holiday fan and fav to ya for that bit!

[LogicalMathMan]

01:15 AM on 12/25/2010

Police Chief Krook...hope it means something different in Swedish.

[freddychef]

05:18 AM on 12/25/2010

Police Chief Krook, no. no diff.

[notdarkyet]

11:05 PM on 12/24/2010

There were at least a hundred people fitting the description of the suspects in the surrounding area. A witness said, "one guy in a red suit and white beard looks like another guy in a red suit and white beard."

[RasputinsLiver]

08:45 AM on 12/25/2010

Ha!

[edgarcaycedoc]

09:03 PM on 12/24/2010

In a related story, Santa has been held as a suspect for shooting Rudolplh out of season -- with an AK5 rifle.

[Praetoria Cohors]

09:57 PM on 12/24/2010

Santa has purchased a special "depredation hunt." Rudolph obviously has a genetic flaw with his blaring red nose. This "glowing" gene mustn't be allowed to pass down to further generations.

For one, the UFO alarmists would be seeing flashes of red throughout the night sky. Air traffic controllers stand to be confused by increased red landing lights. The worlds military air forces would be on constant alert. In short, chaos would ensue.

Sorry to say; this is probably for the best. Dancer and Prancer can object all they want, but Donner and and his best pal Blixen are definitely supportive of this action. To this day, a paternity test on Donner's fawn in inconclusive, but rumors still abound about all the time his wife and Rudolph were spending together. The nose makeup on her lapel raises further doubt of Rudolph's innocence.

And last years Christmas party had it's own level of drama. Apparently, Rudolph drank too many egg nog and ruined Comet's prized china, a precious heirloom. And some silver spoons were also missing. Rudolph was unapologetic and blamed it on Cupid. Needless to say, the ensuing clash in the stable, fractured one of Cupid's antlers, and how long do those take to mend?

Santa's wife is the only one giving Rudolph the benefit of the doubt. But rumor is, her and Santa are filing for divorce. Alas, we may have just seen the last of Rudolph. But he has made his hay, and now must sleep on it.

[edgarcaycedoc]

12:32 AM on 12/25/2010

Hil--effin--larious!!! This is a great post. Happy holidays.

[SimJack]

08:49 PM on 12/24/2010

Santa is just insuring that Donner and Blitzen don't try to escape like they did last year.

[Taper123]

08:07 PM on 12/24/2010

Guess we better seal off our border to Sweeden now!!!!

(... as the conservatives run to the map to see which states that borders)