Sweden: Continued riots bring unrest to Stockholm

Posted on May 21, 2013 • Filed under: Civil Unrest, Europe, Travel News

According to washingtonpost.com, police have arrested four people after a second night of escalating riots in a Stockholm suburb, during which some 200 youths hurled rocks at police and set cars ablaze in anger over the police shooting death of an elderly man. Local police spokesman Jorgen Karlsson says seven youths were detained early Tuesday, but three were released after questioning. The four in custody are suspected of rioting and violence toward public servants. Read article

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