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Marchers Condemn Arson Attack on Mosque in Sweden

Marchers Condemn Arson Attack on Mosque in Sweden

A firebomb was thrown through a closed window of the mosque in the central city of Eskilstuna, injuring five of the nearly 70 worshippers inside - two of whom remained hospitalised.

Answering calls to denounce the attack by the Together for Eskilstuna Facebook page, a large group of people converged on the damaged mosque to show their support.

"Several hundred people were there to deliver a message of friendship," police spokesman Roland Lindqvist told AFP.

According to police, windows in a second Eskilstuna mosque were broken overnight, though authorities could not say whether the two attacks were linked.

Sweden's leftist prime minister Stefan Lofven denounced what he called the spurt of "hateful violence".

"We will never tolerate this kind of crime. Those who want to practise their religion should have the right to do so," Mr Lofven told public radio station SR.

No suspects had been arrested in the case police have opened for aggravated criminal arson, which has been joined by Sweden's intelligence service, Sapo.

"This is a serious crime, but for the moment, nothing is pointing us in one direction more than others," Sapo spokesman Sirpa Franzen said.

The arson struck another blow to Sweden's self-perception as a generally warm and welcoming host of foreigners.

In September elections, the extreme right, anti-immigration Sweden Democrats party became the third-largest party in the Swedish parliament by winning 12.9 per cent of the vote.

Earlier this month, Sweden Democrats joined with conservative parties to reject the proposed budget of the country's leftist government, forcing it to call new elections in March 2015.

According to a recent mock election poll for radio station SR, Sweden Democrats has increased its September showing by a full point to 13.9 per cent, with other surveys showing support of nearly 16 per cent.

"There has been an intensification of hatred against foreigners," Omar Mustafa, chief of Sweden's Islamic Association, told public radio SR.

In January, unknown perpetrators painted black swastikas on the door of a Stockholm mosque, after neo-Nazis attacked a peaceful anti-racist protest in a Stockholm suburb and seriously injured three people the previous month.

 


source : www.abna.ir
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