Sweden, riots after Islamophobic actions by the far right

(ANSA) - ROME, APRIL 17 - Three nights of clashes were recorded in Sweden during a series of demonstrations and demonstrations following the anti-Islam actions promoted by a far-right group, which burned a copy of the Corano and began to do so again.

The BBC reports.

    Violence took place on the outskirts of Stockholm but also in Malmo, Linköping and Norrköping.

In the Rosengrad district of Malmo, police dispersed a crowd of demonstrators who had set a bus on fire.

The right-wing extremists of the Stram Kurs (Hard Line) movement, led by extremist Rasmus Paludan, met in the city.

Vehicles were set on fire and some protesters threw stones at the police.

    More clashes between police and demonstrators have hit Sweden in recent days.

At least 16 police officers were reportedly injured and several police vehicles destroyed in the riots following the far-right group demonstrations on the outskirts of Stockholm and in the cities of Linköping and Norrköping.

    The head of the Swedish national police, Anders Thornberg, stressed the brutality of the actions, which have also been echoed outside the country's borders.

    The Iraqi foreign ministry summoned the Swedish charge d'affaires to Baghdad and warned that the affair could have "serious repercussions" on relations between Sweden and Muslim communities in general.

    Iranian foreign ministry spokesman SaeedKhatibzadeh protested to the Swedish government saying he held it "responsible" for the "deliberate reiteration of Islam" which "has hurt the feelings of Muslims in the country and in the world".

He asking for "an immediate, strong and clear reaction to the guilty".

(HANDLE).