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Prime Minister Mohammed al-Sudani’s office announced on Thursday after a crisis meeting that Iraq would cut ties with Sweden if another copy of the Quran was set on fire there, as happened in June. The Swedish government has been informed about this “through diplomatic channels”, the agency said on Twitter.
Hundreds of demonstrators gathered at the Swedish embassy in the Iraqi capital Baghdad on Thursday evening. According to eyewitnesses, many climbed over barriers, some entered the building, as seen in videos shared on social networks. Some set fires and smoke billowed from the building. In the morning the situation calmed down. Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Billström confirmed on Thursday morning that the embassy’s chancery had been destroyed and set on fire in the protesters’ storm. He condemned the incident and sharply criticized local authorities.
Background was the approval of a meeting in Sweden to take place this Thursday in front of the Iraqi embassy in Stockholm. According to the Swedish news agency TT, one person wanted to burn a Koran and an Iraqi flag. Therefore, only two people are allowed to participate in the demonstration. The burning of the Quran in June sparked outrage in the Arab world, among others, and protests lasted for days in Iraq.
(SDA)
Source: Blick
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