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Swedish Embassy in Baghdad hit by protesters
Updated On: 21 July, 2023 09:54 AM IST | Baghdad | Agencies
Following the incident, the Swedish Embassy announced it had closed to visitors without specifying when it would reopen. Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani said those responsible for the arson will be prosecute
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The protesters were angered by the plan to burn a copy of the Quran. Pic/AP
Protesters angered by the planned burning of a copy of the Quran stormed the Swedish Embassy in Baghdad early on Thursday, breaking into the compound and lighting a small fire and setting off a diplomatic furor.
Online videos showed demonstrators at the diplomatic post waving flags and signs showing the influential Iraqi Shiite cleric and political leader Muqtada al-Sadr ahead of a planned burning of the Islamic holy book on Thursday in Stockholm by an Iraqi asylum-seeker who burned a copy of the Quran in a previous demonstration last month.
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