Police in firing line as turbulence continues
Swedish police experienced the latest in a series of busy nights on Sunday as gangs of youths created disturbances in the suburbs of Stockholm and Malmö.
A 19-year-old man has been detained in Stockholm after a police officer was injured while police conducted a search on a group of young people in the Vårby Gård suburb. The exact cause or extent of the officer's injuries is not yet known.
The group was searched after an evening spent setting off fireworks and throwing car tyres onto subway tracks in the locality.
"Traffic had to be stopped occasionally," said police spokesman Anders Lantz, who added that the weekend had been marked by disturbances in the Vårby, Alby, Fittja and Norsborg suburbs. Police said they planned to increase their presence in the area on Monday evening.
The Malmö suburb of Oxie has also experience turbulence in recent nights, with gangs of youths throwing stones and aiming fireworks at windows and balconies. A police vehicle also had its front window broken.
"It continued on Sunday night. When we were out there on a case someone threw a rock at the windscreen and smashed it," police spokesman Pete Martin told Skånska Dagbladet.
Malmö police said the trouble was sparked by a group of around forty young people.
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A 19-year-old man has been detained in Stockholm after a police officer was injured while police conducted a search on a group of young people in the Vårby Gård suburb. The exact cause or extent of the officer's injuries is not yet known.
The group was searched after an evening spent setting off fireworks and throwing car tyres onto subway tracks in the locality.
"Traffic had to be stopped occasionally," said police spokesman Anders Lantz, who added that the weekend had been marked by disturbances in the Vårby, Alby, Fittja and Norsborg suburbs. Police said they planned to increase their presence in the area on Monday evening.
The Malmö suburb of Oxie has also experience turbulence in recent nights, with gangs of youths throwing stones and aiming fireworks at windows and balconies. A police vehicle also had its front window broken.
"It continued on Sunday night. When we were out there on a case someone threw a rock at the windscreen and smashed it," police spokesman Pete Martin told Skånska Dagbladet.
Malmö police said the trouble was sparked by a group of around forty young people.
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