MOSCOW, July 20 Iraqi police used special equipment to disperse protesters outside the Swedish Embassy in Baghdad, France-Presse reports.
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«Iraqi police used water cannons to disperse demonstrators outside the Swedish embassy in Baghdad,» the report said.
The protesters were also dispersed with stun guns, the agency specified.
Early Thursday morning, hundreds of demonstrators broke into the Swedish embassy in Iraq and set it on fire, Reuters reported. None of the employees of the diplomatic mission was injured. The demonstration took place in anticipation of the expected burning of the Koran in Sweden.
Swedish police issued a permit for this action near the Iraqi embassy in Stockholm.
At the same time, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Arab country has already condemned the arson. The ministry emphasized that the country's authorities instructed the security forces to conduct an urgent investigation and take all necessary measures to identify the circumstances of the incident and identify those responsible.
The Swedish Foreign Ministry called the incident a serious violation of the Vienna Convention.
At the end of June, during the celebration of Eid al-Adha, a resonant action was held in Stockholm with the desecration and burning of the Koran. It was arranged by Salvan Momika, a native of Iraq. First, he tore pages from the Koran, wiped his shoes with them, then put bacon in the book and set it on fire. Baghdad demanded that the Swedish authorities extradite the migrant for trial. The event was condemned by many countries.
This action was allowed by the Swedish police. According to Prime Minister Ulf Hjalmar Kristersson, such a decision was «legal, but inappropriate.»
In early July, the Swedish police received new applications for the public burning of the sacred texts of Christianity, Judaism and Islam. Among other things, she agreed on an application for the burning of the Torah and the Bible at the Israeli embassy on July 15. According to local media, the activist did not burn books, but instead emphasized the inadmissibility of such actions.