Riots erupt in Sweden's Orebro ahead of right-wing extremist demonstration

[Bert Hathaway]

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Violent riots erupted in the central Swedish city of
Orebro on Friday as counter-protesters attacked police ahead of a planned
right-wing extremist demonstration.

Police said on its website that four police cars had been set on fire and
at least four police officers and one private individual had been injured
as protesters threw stones and large groups attacked police cordons and
tore down riot fences.

The demonstration, which had received police permission, was organised by
Rasmus Paludan, leader of Danish far-right political party Hard Line.
Police disbanded the demonstration to calm the situation, and later in the
evening said most counter-demonstrators had left the area.

A number of counter-protests against planned demonstrations by Paludan,
some of which were cancelled, in Swedish cities have turned violent this
week. Swedish news agency TT said violence erupted in the Stockholm suburb
of Rinkeby after Paludan earlier on Friday set fire there to a copy of the
Quran.

Police said some of the officers taken to hospital had, among other
things, suspected arm fractures.

(Reporting by Anna Ringstrom; Editing by Sandra Maler)

https://news.yahoo.com/riots-erupt-swedens-orebro-ahead-201533816.html

[Anders Eklöf]

Bert Hathaway <casc...@aws.com> wrote:

> STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Violent riots erupted in the central Swedish city of
> Orebro on Friday as counter-protesters attacked police ahead of a planned
> right-wing extremist demonstration.

The riots were direct attacks on the police and orchestrated by criminal
(drug) groups. The planned Qur'an burning was just an excuse to get
peolpe agitated. At the same time those criminal idiots played right in
the hand of said extremists, who in turn counted on them to do that.
Cunning, but not rocket science.

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