People enraged over burning of Quran, attack on Sweden’s embassy in Baghdad; the crowd lit the fire.
A case of attack on the Swedish embassy in Iraq’s capital Baghdad has come to light. Hundreds of protesters set fire to Sweden’s embassy on Thursday morning.
A witness familiar with the matter told Reuters news agency that hundreds of protesters suddenly stormed the Swedish embassy in Baghdad on Thursday morning and set it on fire shortly afterwards.
No employee was harmed.
The source, however, said that no embassy staff was harmed. At the same time, the officials of the Embassy of Sweden in Baghdad have not responded to the incident.
People angry over burning of holy book Quran.
The holy book of Islam religion Quran was burnt in Sweden. Since this incident, the people of the Muslim community have been expressing their anger against Sweden.
Due to this, the supporters of Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr called for protests in Baghdad.
The mob attacked the embassy.
The video of the attack has been shared on a popular Telegram channel supporting Muqtada al Sadr.
In which it is visible that the people present in the number of hundreds attacked the embassy on Thursday around 1 am local time. After this, some people present in the crowd set fire to the embassy.
