20 July 2023 at 02:17 Protesters stormed the Swedish embassy in Iraq Protesters stormed the Swedish embassy in Iraq’s capital Baghdad last night. A fire should also have been started at the embassy, according to Reuters. According to SVT, several hundred people must have entered the embassy building. The Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs reports that the embassy personnel are safe. The storming is said to be prompted by a new, announced Koran burning in front of Iraq’s embassy in Stockholm on Thursday. 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.
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