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August 2020: Burning barricades and protesters have gathered at Amiralsgatan in Malmö in reaction to the burning of the Koran at Emilstorp in Rosengård. According to the police, 300 people were in Amiralsgatan in connection with the riots. Stock Photography.
Bus shelters were smashed, tires burned and police vehicles destroyed; according to police estimates, several hundred people gathered to participate in the violence after the high-profile Quran burning of the summer in Malmö.
Today, the verdict comes for those who have so far been held accountable.
It was in late August that Rasmus Paludan, leader of the Danish right-wing extremist Stram Kurs party, started a Quran burning in Malmö that was carried out without the permission of the police. The provocation was filmed and posted online, something that aroused strong feelings and eventually degenerated into one night at Amiralsgatan in Malmö. Despite appeals from local religious representatives, the aggressive crowd stoned the police.
A total of five men and one woman have been charged in the violent riots on August 28. They are five teenagers between the ages of 16 and 17 and a 31-year-old man, all of whom live in Malmö. Initially, there were more suspects and in two additional cases, one of which concerns a person under the age of 15, the preliminary investigation has been closed.
One of the defendants took a taxi to the riot, which he also filmed, something that was included in the evidence during the trial. In another video clip shown in court, the same man is seen walking and dragging an overturned pole from a crosswalk.
The 31-year-old man, who came to the riot in a taxi, denies the crime but admits he was at the scene and threw stones. But the intention was never to meet the police, according to the man’s defense. Instead, the man will film and post footage of the violence live on social media to gain new followers and earn money.
The other defendants also admit they were at the scene and some threw stones, but only one accused teenager admits they were guilty of violent disturbances.
The verdict of the defendants will be announced at 11 a.m. at the Malmö District Court.
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