Riots in Sweden: rioters set fire to Malmö bus

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 following 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.

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