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Sweden suspects ‘foreign actors’ behind riots over Quran burning

Police and ambulance personnel carry an injured man who was shot in the leg during rioting in Norrkoping, Sweden on Sunday, April 17 [Stefan Jerrevang/AFP]

Sweden suspects foreign countries had a hand in inciting violent riots in several cities recently when crowds threw rocks and burned cars after a far-right Islamophobe announced plans to hold an anti-Muslim rally.

Rasmus Paludan, leader of the Danish far-right Stram Kurs (Hard Line) party, has burned copies of the Quran at events in Denmark where he also bashes Islam, and news spread he wanted to do the same in Sweden, sparking anger.

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