"It was a 'bit of craic' to burn buses on the Falls Road; it was a 'bit of craic' to barricade yourself into the area so the Brits couldn't get in; it was a 'bit of craic' to hijack the local bread lorry and then give the bread out free to the residents.
Along the main street, shopkeepers threw out damaged goods, which were taken away by local builders' lorries.
Local people say lorries apparently loaded with smuggled goods are crossing the border nightly.
Sandra Bertin, a municipal police officer who was on duty in charge of a CCTV control room, told the Journal du Dimanche that local police reported the lorry at 10.33pm as it began its carnage.
– Police were notified at 2 53 PM local time that a lorry had hit pedestrians and driven into shopping centre Åhléns City in central Stockholm, right next to Sergels Square at Drottninggatan.
The timber is harvested by local companies, again with lorries, allowing large volumes to be collected in a relatively short space of time.
It was assumed that the materials were provided by a local producer; hence 50 km lorry (>32t, EURO 4) for concrete, 100 km lorry (>32t, EURO 4) for plastics, steel and iron as well as 200 km freight train for plastics, steel and iron was assumed.
It transpired later, when the multi-coloured Volvo truck driver who was transporting a container containing motor parts to Oxford was being interviewed by a local radio reporter, that the lorry veered to avoid a police car speeding towards him on the wrong side of the road.
It quickly emerged that lorry drivers, motorists and local residents had helped the injured and distressed passengers.
A group of local Hindu men had stopped their lorry, carrying five cows and 10 bulls, and attacked the men inside with sticks.
