2023-07-20 14:04:35
The swedish embassy in Bagdad was involved in llamas during the early morning of Thursday. Los demonstrators who participated in a organized protest by the followers of Iraqi religious leader, Sadr in Moqtathey set fire to the institution before the public burning of the Koran in the Scandinavian country, scheduled for this Thursday.
The strain was evident among the demonstrators and the police who were in front of the diplomatic building. According to a source from the Iraqi Civil Defense and a person in charge of Ministry of the Interior the fire was controlled. The calm did not arrive at the place until tomorrow why is Thursday according to an AFP correspondent in Irak. At the moment, the street that leads to the embassy is closed.
“What occurred is totally unacceptable and the government condemns these attacks in the most vehement way possible,” said the swedish foreign minister, Tobias Billströmwho summoned the person in charge of iraqi business in the Scandinavian country. He also explained to the French news agency that his staff “is safe”.
love and faith
Given what happened several trucks of the Iraqi civil defense moved in front of the embassy For try extinguish the flames. Together with them, different riot control units that through water cannons They tried to disperse the dozens of protesters who were at the protest.
Los participants of the protest they launched piedras to agents in response to cannons. A young protester told AFP that they did not want to wait until Thursday morning, for this reason they entered dawn a fire the Swedish embassy.
“We have mobilized to denounce the fact of burn the quranwhich is nothing more than love and faith“he told AFP. Hassan Ahmed. “We demand the Swedish government and the Iraqi government stop this kind of initiatives“, he added. Near the diplomatic building some demonstrators showed copies of the Holy book y portraits of Mohamed Sadran important religious cleric and Moqtada’s father.
monitoring device
He accident happened after the swedish police authorize a new one manifestation Thursday in front of iraq embassy in Stockholm whose organizer foresees burn a quran and one iraqi flag. For this act, the swedish police claims to have prepared a device of surveillance with cameras in the area near the demonstration.
The act was authorized to take place at noon this Thursday, so the muslim country threatened the Scandinavian to break any kind of relationshipif the act is finally carried out.
“The Iraqi government informed the Swedish government yesterday, through diplomatic channels, that it is moving towards a break of diplomatic relations with Sweden in case there is a new burning of the Koran”, warned the services of the Prime Minister it’s a statement.
set the flag on fire
He Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Irak condemned “in the harsher terms” the events that occurred in the swedish embassythat weeks ago it was already blanco by one fleeting assault of protesters. “He iraqi government has commissioned the competent security services to carry out a urgent investigation and take all necessary measures to clarify the circumstances of the incident and identify their authors“, he said in a statement.
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The Swedish media pointed out that the public burning of the Koran and the bandera had been organized by Salwan Momikaand Iraqi refugee resident in the nordic country. Salwan, is the same who starred in the burning of some pages of the holy book in front of the largest mosque in Stockholm during the party of Eid al-Adha o Lamb feast, last June 28.
This type of protests, which are common in Sweden, usually have one wave of international criticism and a general malaise by Muslim community. For this reason, the followers of Sadr they decided to assault the european embassy as reprisal.
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