Criminal Gangs Led Swedish Riots, Targeted Police
Police have been forced to use weapons in self-defense from rioters suspected of attempted murder, aggravated assault, and violence against an official.
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Swedish police have connected recent riots triggered by Danish far-right politician Rasmus Paludan’s meetings and planned Quran burnings across the country to criminal gangs that intentionally target police, reports the Los Angeles Times. Sweden’s National Police Commander Jonas Hysing said Monday that 26 police and 14 individuals — protesters or other people — have been injured in the riots and 20 police vehicles destroyed or damaged. Police have been forced to use weapons in self-defense. “There is a lot to suggest that the police were targeted,” Hysing said, adding that some protesters were suspected of attempted murder, aggravated assault, and violence against an official. The main target for the rioters was Swedish police and society, not Paludan — seen by many Swedes merely as an agent provocateur — and his Stram Kurs (Hard Line) party, which runs on an anti-immigrant, anti-Islam agenda.
