Two people were slightly injured and around 90 were arrested on Thursday (September 29th) during clashes during a demonstration near the Iranian embassy in Oslo, Norwegian police said.
Several dozen demonstrators, some wrapped in the Kurdish flag, had gathered outside the Iranian embassy in the Norwegian capital in reaction to the death of a young Kurd in Iran and the Iranian strikes in Iraqi Kurdistan.
Some tried to break into the perimeter of the embassy.
Violence - throwing projectiles and beatings, according to television footage - occurred during the rally, police said on Twitter.
"
At this stage, minor injuries have been noted on two people
," she said.
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Large security forces were deployed and the police said they had the situation "
under control
".
Some 90 people were arrested, said a police official, Arild Jørundland, during a press briefing on the spot.
The identity of the instigators of the demonstration was not immediately clear.
Slogans “
Woman, life, freedom
” in Kurdish were launched by some participants.
The demonstration comes the day after Iranian strikes in Iraqi Kurdistan, which left at least 13 dead and around 50 injured.
These bombings targeted armed groups of the Iranian Kurdish opposition, which denounces the repression of demonstrations in the Islamic Republic.
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