Sweden issued an arrest warrant in absentia for far-right Danish-Swedish politician Rasmus Paludan, who burned a duplicate of the Muslim holy e-book, the Quran.
The Malmo Prosecutor’s Office issued an arrest warrant for Paludan on suspicion of “several crimes,” Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet reported.
Paludan has been investigated a few months in the past for “incitement against a group of people, insult and gross assault against an official,” it mentioned.
Speaking to the newspaper, Paludan claimed that “Swedish police in general and Malmo police, in particular, do not want to protect me, so it is dangerous for me to come to Sweden.”
He mentioned he desires to testify just about from Denmark with the assistance of Danish police.
Paludan burned a duplicate of the Quran outdoors the Turkish Embassy in Stockholm in January underneath police safety and with permission from Swedish authorities.
The following week, he burned a duplicate of the Quran in entrance of a mosque in Denmark, prompting condemnation from many Muslim-majority nations, together with Türkiye.
Riots broke out within the cities Malmo, Norrkoping and Jonkoping in addition to within the capital Stockholm, leaving 125 police automobiles broken and 34 officers injured, whereas 13 individuals had been detained.
Source: www.dailysabah.com
