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As of Thursday, coming from any of those countries will be considered a “significantly negative factor” affecting a green-card application, similar to having committed a crime.

He suspected that it was an "individual crime which is committed without any support, participation and co-operation of others", and said the attack "should not be counted for the whole community".

In a statement read out on social media on Thursday, the nuns said: "We have committed no crime and we have nothing to hide."

As Mr. Carlsson thickens the atmosphere, he keeps our attention fixed on crimes that are distant in time yet critically linked.

Style preferences aside, Mr. Winchester does commit a serious storytelling crime here.