Protesters storm Swedish Embassy in Baghdad ahead of Quran burning in Stockholm

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Protesters storm Swedish Embassy in Baghdad ahead of Quran burning in Stockholm

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worldnews@lemmy.world · 2 years ago

A diplomatic fight breaks out after a man desecrated the Quran

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Protesters angered by an Iraqi man in Sweden who threatened to burn a copy of the Quran stormed the Swedish Embassy in Baghdad. They overran the diplomatic compound early Thursday and started a fire.

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