What the records say
- When
- 15 May 2016
- Kind
- Riot
- Coordinates
- 59.53° N, 15.79° E
- Description
- periods of civil unrest in Sweden
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2016 riots in Sweden
Periods of civil unrest in Sweden
On 15 May 2016, unrest occurred simultaneously in the Swedish towns of Norrköping and Borlänge, primarily in Million Programme Muslim-dominated public housing-areas, with stone-throwing against police and firefighters, car fires and arson attacks. The unrest took place across Sweden since late March. Public transportation was temporarily suspended in several areas due to stone-throwing against trams and buses.
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- Wikidata: riots, protests, strikes and revoltsWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “2016 Sweden riots”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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