2023.07.21 13:44 GMT+8

Protesters clash with security forces near Swedish embassy in Baghdad

Updated 2023.07.21 13:44 GMT+8
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Protesters in Iraq's capital Baghdad on Thursday stormed the Swedish embassy and set it on fire in protest against a planned burning of the Quran in Sweden. They clashed with security forces near the Swedish embassy.

A man said to be an Iraqi national tore up and burned a Quran outside Stockholm's central mosque during a demonstration authorized by the Swedish government on Wednesday.

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