STOCKHOLM—A riot broke out on Friday in the southern Swedish town of Malmo, where at least 300 people had gathered to protest against anti-Islam activities, police said.
Protesters were throwing objects at police officers and car tyres had been set on fire, a police spokesman said. Earlier in the day, a copy of the Quran had been burned in Malmo by anti-Islam activists.
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“We don’t have this under control but we are working actively to take control,” the spokesman said.
“We see a connection between what is happening now and what happened earlier today,” he said.
The demonstrations had escalated in the same place where the Quran had been burned, the spokesman said.
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Daily Aftonbladet said several anti-Islam activities had taken place in Malmo on Friday, including three men kicking a copy of the Quran between them in a public square.
The anti-Islam protests occurred after Rasmus Paludan, leader of Danish ethnonationalist, anti-immigration political party Hard Line, had been denied permission to have a meeting in Malmo and was stopped at the Swedish border, according to the newspaper.