There were also riots in Sweden on Easter Sunday in connection with the approval of right-wing rallies. In the city of Norrköpping in the south of the country, the police said they fired warning shots. Three people were injured, the broadcaster SVT reported in the evening. There were also riots in Linköping, with more than 25 arrests in total. The police said they were attacked themselves.
The background are rallies by a well-known right-wing extremist that were approved by the police. Earlier there had been riots in some cities after the police allowed gatherings to burn the Koran. Stones and Molotov cocktails were thrown at police officers, and cars and garbage cans were set on fire.
In Malmö, a bus caught fire on Easter Sunday night after strangers threw a burning object at the vehicle. The passengers were able to exit the bus in time. Several police cars were set on fire in the city of Örebro on Good Friday. About a dozen police officers were injured there.(SDA)