AFP reports.
According to the news agency, the protesters have entered the building.
The Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs says The Express that they are well informed about the situation”.
– Our embassy personnel are safe, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is in constant contact with them.
According to AFP, the protesters must be out of the building, where they stayed for around fifteen minutes.
It happened after the powerful Shia leader Moqtada al-Sadr called for a demonstration against Sweden after the Koran burnings in the country. He referred to Sweden as an Islamophobic state, according to AFP.
– This has made it much more difficult for Turkey to say yes to Sweden’s NATO membership, says Jan-Erik Smilden, former Middle East correspondent.
Strong reactions
There have been strong reactions after the burning of the Koran outside a mosque on Medborgarplatsen in Stockholm on Wednesday.
Turkey’s president criticized Sweden for not having stopped the incident.
– We will finally teach the arrogant Westerners that insulting Muslims is not freedom of speech, says President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Morocco is recalling its ambassador indefinitely, in protest at Wednesday’s Koran burning in Stockholm.
Being investigated for incitement
Koran burning is the first to have been granted permission after two courts in Stockholm this spring found that the police’s previous decision to ban Koran burning was against the law.
The police strengthened preparedness to deal with any unrest, but on Wednesday afternoon they said that everything had gone smoothly.
SVTs reporter reported that the organizer, a man in his 30s from Järna, among other things, wiped his shoes with pages from the Koran, as well as burned some of them. In addition, he is said to have put slices of bacon in the Koran.
According to the state broadcaster, the organizer is now being investigated for incitement against a public group. The reason is that the incident took place outside a mosque. A man is also suspected of attempted violence, while another was expelled from the area by the police.
The case is continuously updated.
2023-06-29 14:26:15
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