The demonstrators gathered around the embassy from 01 last night. Several people brought posters, banners with text and flags. Several shouted anti-Swedish slogans. The protesters climbed the fence around the embassy before entering the building around an hour later. Local sources say that several hundred people entered the embassy building, where a fire was also started. Visible smoke rises from the building. Iraqi riot police are on the scene. The storming is said to be prompted by a new, announced Koran burning in front of Iraq’s embassy in Stockholm on Thursday. The protests were aimed at an announced Koran burning in Stockholm on Thursday. Photo: Ammar Karim / AFP Several hundred demonstrators stayed outside the Swedish embassy last night. Photo: Ahmed Saad / Reuters The protests started after supporters of a Shiite leader, Muqtada al-Sadr, called on Telegram for demonstrations against a new Koran burning on Thursday, which Swedish police have given permission for. According to the permission from the police, it has been notified that two people will burn a Koran together with the Iraqi flag in front of the Iraqi embassy in the Swedish capital. One of these two is said to be the same person who set fire to a Koran outside a mosque in Stockholm in June, reports the Swedish news agency TT. – Everyone safe According to the news agency Reuters, a source in Baghdad states that no one was injured in the attack. A little later, the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs also confirmed to SVT that all embassy employees were safe. It is unclear whether there were employees inside the building when it was stormed. The demonstrators were still on the roof of the neighboring building on Thursday morning. Photo: Ammar Karim / AFP Iraqi authorities have condemned the attack on the Swedish embassy, says the country’s foreign minister, according to the AFP news agency. He says the security forces must identify those responsible. According to Reuters, the Swedish Foreign Ministry’s spokesperson points out that it is the Iraqi authorities’ responsibility to protect embassies and its diplomats. Also in June, protesters entered the Swedish embassy in Baghdad, the day after a Koran was burned in Stockholm, which sparked anger in several Muslim countries. Also then, the storming took place at the instigation of followers of the Shia leader.
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