[Translation from the Swedish article below]

Protesters stormed Sweden’s embassy in the Iraqi capital Baghdad on Thursday, according to several media reports.

According to the news agency AFP, the storming was short-lived, lasting about 15 minutes. The protesters reportedly left the building peacefully when security forces arrived at the scene.

AFP reports that there were several dozen protesters who entered the building in protest of the Quran burning in central Stockholm on Wednesday.

The Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated to SVT that all embassy personnel are safe.

  • Regna@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I kind of suspect that Swedes wouldn’t storm or burn embassies when people squirt icing/frosting/vanilla sauce on cinnamon rolls either. Yet the thing these nut heads protest or storm embassies about is way way way a lesser crime.