From the Associated Press 17 April 2022, 02:27 • 2 minutes reading Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Email this article HELSINKI – Riots broke out in southern Sweden late Saturday, despite police moving an anti-Islamic far-right group planning to burn a Koran, among others, to a new location as a precautionary measure. Quarrels and riots were reported in the southern city of Landskrona after a demonstration planned there by the Danish right-wing party Stram Kurs moved to the nearby town of Malmo, about 45 kilometers (27 miles) south. Up to 100 people, mostly young people, threw stones, set fire to cars, tires and rubbish bins and set up a roadblock, Swedish police said. The situation had calmed down in Landskrona until late Saturday, but remained tense, police said, adding that no injuries were reported from the action. Violent clashes between protesters and protesters broke out in the central city of Oremro on Friday night in the wake of the Stream Cours’ plan to burn a Koran there, injuring 12 police officers and setting fire to four police vehicles. Videos and photos of chaotic scenes in Orebro show police cars burning and protesters throwing stones and other objects at riot police. Kim Hild, a police spokeswoman in southern Sweden, said earlier on Saturday that police would not revoke the Landskrona protest permit because the threshold for doing so was too high in Sweden, which values freedom of speech. The right of protesters “to protest and speak out is very, very heavy and it takes an incredible amount to ignore it,” Hildt told Swedish news agency TT. The demonstration took place on Saturday night in a central park in Malmo, where Stram Kurs leader Rasmus Paludan addressed a few dozen people. A small number of protesters threw stones at the protesters and police were forced to use pepper spray to disperse them. Paludan himself was reportedly hit by a stone in the leg, Swedish media reported. No serious injuries were reported, according to police. As of Thursday, clashes have also been reported in Stockholm and in the cities of Linkoping and Norrkoping – all locations where the Stram Kurs was either planning or holding demonstrations. Paludan, a Danish lawyer who is also a Swedish citizen, set up the Stram Kurs or “Hard Line” in 2017. The party’s anti-immigration and anti-Islam agenda states that “The Stram Kurs is the most patriotic political party in Denmark “.
title: “Unrest Sparked By Far Right Demos Continues In Sweden " ShowToc: true date: “2022-10-30” author: “Jesse Mondino”
Quarrels and riots were reported in the southern city of Landskrona after a demonstration planned there by the Danish right-wing party Stram Kurs moved to the nearby town of Malmo, about 45 kilometers (27 miles) south. Up to 100 people, mostly young people, threw stones, set fire to cars, tires and rubbish bins and set up a roadblock, Swedish police said. The situation had calmed down in Landskrona until late Saturday, but remained tense, police said, adding that no injuries were reported from the action. Violent clashes between protesters and protesters broke out in the central city of Oremro on Friday night in the wake of the Stream Cours’ plan to burn a Koran there, injuring 12 police officers and setting fire to four police vehicles. Videos and photos of chaotic scenes in Orebro show police cars burning and protesters throwing stones and other objects at riot police. Kim Hild, a police spokeswoman in southern Sweden, said earlier on Saturday that police would not revoke the Landskrona protest permit because the threshold for doing so was too high in Sweden, which values freedom of speech. The right of protesters “to protest and speak out is very, very heavy and it takes an incredible amount to ignore it,” Hildt told Swedish news agency TT. The demonstration took place on Saturday night in a central park in Malmo, where Stram Kurs leader Rasmus Paludan addressed a few dozen people. A small number of protesters threw stones at the protesters and police were forced to use pepper spray to disperse them. Paludan himself was reportedly hit by a stone in the leg, Swedish media reported. No serious injuries were reported, according to police. As of Thursday, clashes have also been reported in Stockholm and in the cities of Linkoping and Norrkoping – all locations where the Stram Kurs was either planning or holding demonstrations. Paludan, a Danish lawyer who is also a Swedish citizen, set up the Stram Kurs or “Hard Line” in 2017. The party’s anti-immigration and anti-Islam agenda states that “The Stram Kurs is the most patriotic political party in Denmark “.
