Thu 14 April 2022:
A brawl broke out in a Swedish town where a demonstration with a Qur’an burning was planned, resulting in the hospitalization of three police officers.
A car burned in the city of Linkoping on Sweden’s east coast, and hundreds of masked people attacked police cars, according to video from the scene.
“The mood has been aggressive and there have been attacks against police at the scene,” police spokesperson Asa Willsund told broadcaster SVT on Thursday, adding that things had calmed down after police had backed off.
Two of the officers had minor injuries, but the condition of the third was unknown, police said in a statement, adding that two people had been arrested.
Polisen: ”Vi har dragit oss undan för vår egen säkerhet.”
Om inte poliserna kan skydda oss från våldsamma upplopp som det som sker i Linköping, vem ska då göra det?
Ett skrämmande uttalande. Vi måste ställa krav, detta beteende är inte okej. Utvisa alla dessa islamistiska svin! pic.twitter.com/Lb54ndxgWI
— Färbåd Jalali (@farbodjalali) April 14, 2022
The riot started before a planned demonstration by anti-Muslim Danish politician Rasmus Paludan and his party Stram Kurs (Hard Line) that was meant to include a burning of the Muslim holy book, the Qur’an.
While Stram Kurs had been given permission to hold their demonstration in the Skaggetorp neighbourhood – where more than 50% of inhabitants were born abroad – they were not able to start it as police were dealing with the rioters.
Palestina, NO Linkoping, Suecia ahora mismo. Redes sociales lanzaron la quema de un c0ran… Es decir, cuando se filmó esto aún no había sucedido.
Recuerde que todo esto no tiene nada que ver con el Is1am y el Is1am no tiene nada que ver con el c0ran. pic.twitter.com/QFnG54affk
— Bakalaofresco (@Ant52529536Jose) April 14, 2022
“There are masked individuals at the scene that are throwing rocks at police,” a statement from regional police said, without identifying if they were part of the scheduled protest or counter-protesters.
Young males were seen shattering windows of police cars and yelling “Allahu Akbar” (God is greatest) in videos uploaded on social media.
The rally was supposed to begin at 3.30 p.m. (1330 GMT), but police said they were still unable to carry it out shortly before 5.00 p.m. local time.
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