Swedish riots spread in capital

Gangs of youths have smashed shop windows, set cars ablaze and burnt down a cultural centre as riots that started in one Stockholm suburb after a fatal police shooting spread to other low-income areas of the Swedish capital.

Swedish riots spread in capital

Gangs of youths have smashed shop windows, set cars ablaze and burnt down a cultural centre as riots that started in one Stockholm suburb after a fatal police shooting spread to other low-income areas of the Swedish capital.

Police said seven people were briefly detained and one person was arrested on suspicion of arson of a cultural centre housed in a 19th century building.

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