Unrest continues near vacated Malmö mosque
Fresh disturbances erupted on Wednesday evening near the basement location which had previously served as a mosque in Malmö's Rosengård district.
Fireworks were aimed at police and several fires were lit when police arrived to blockade the basement office with containers.
Tensions in the area were still high as of 12.30am Thursday morning, according to police in Skåne.
One man was arrested during the evening on suspicions of preparing to commit assault. Three other men and boys were also detained.
The youngest, born in 1992, was taken home to his parents.
The police’s main goal for the evening was to ensure that emergency crews could perform their duties and extinguish the fires which continued to burn in the area.
More than ten fires were lit over the course of the evening.
The basement offices, which had previously served as a mosque for the Islamiska kulturföreningen (‘Islamic Cultural Association’), had been occupied since November 24th to protest against the landlord’s decision not to renew the association’s lease for the space, which it had held for the past 15 years.
On Monday, police forcibly removed the remaining three protesters from the space in front of a crowd of angry onlookers.
Emotions have been running high since the forced evacuation, resulting in sporadic disturbances throughout the week.
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Fireworks were aimed at police and several fires were lit when police arrived to blockade the basement office with containers.
Tensions in the area were still high as of 12.30am Thursday morning, according to police in Skåne.
One man was arrested during the evening on suspicions of preparing to commit assault. Three other men and boys were also detained.
The youngest, born in 1992, was taken home to his parents.
The police’s main goal for the evening was to ensure that emergency crews could perform their duties and extinguish the fires which continued to burn in the area.
More than ten fires were lit over the course of the evening.
The basement offices, which had previously served as a mosque for the Islamiska kulturföreningen (‘Islamic Cultural Association’), had been occupied since November 24th to protest against the landlord’s decision not to renew the association’s lease for the space, which it had held for the past 15 years.
On Monday, police forcibly removed the remaining three protesters from the space in front of a crowd of angry onlookers.
Emotions have been running high since the forced evacuation, resulting in sporadic disturbances throughout the week.
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