Violent riots broke out yesterday in the central Swedish city of Orebro as protesters attacked police in the wake of a planned demonstration by far-right extremists.
The police reported on her website that four police cars were burned and at least nine police officers and a private person were injured as protesters flew stones and large groups attacked police shors and threw the barricades.
The demonstration, which had received permission from the police, was organized by Rasmus Palundan, the leader of the Danish far-right Hard Line party.
The police disrupted the demonstration to calm the situation and later in the evening reported that most antisoders abandoned the area.
Protests against planned demonstrations by Palundan, some of which were canceled, in Swedish cities escalated into violent incidents this week.
The Swedish news agency TT reported that violence broke out in Stockholm’s Rinkeby suburb after Palundant set fire to a copy of the Koran there earlier on Friday.
Police said some of the officers taken to the hospital had, among other things, suspected hand fractures.
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