Woman sprays Koran-burning protester in Sweden with fire extinguisher

A counter-demonstrator extinguishes a Koran on fire outside the Iranian embassy in Stockholm (Fredrik Sandberg/TT News Agency/AP)

Swedish police have detained a woman who sprayed an anti-Islam activist with a fire extinguisher as he held a Koran-burning protest outside the Iranian embassy in Stockholm.

Video showed the woman going up to Salwan Momika and spraying white powder at him before she was intercepted by plainclothes police who led her away.