Clashes erupt in Swedish city after another Koran burning
Cars are engulfed by flames after protests broke out at Rosengard in Malmo, Sweden, late Sunday, April 17, 2022.
Clashes have erupted in an immigrant neighbourhood in Sweden’s third largest city after an anti-Muslim protester set fire to the Koran, police have said.
Police in Malmo said they were pelted with rocks and dozens of cars were set on fire, including in an underground garage, describing the events that started on Sunday and lasted overnight as “a riot”.
