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Protesters storm Swedish embassy in Baghdad, set it on fire over planned Koran burning

www.france24.com Iraq expels Sweden ambassador after protester in Stockholm stomps on Koran

Iraq on Thursday expelled Sweden’s ambassador after a man stomped on a copy of the Koran at a Stockholm demonstration just hours after the Swedish embassy in Baghdad was torched over the planned protest.

Iraq expels Sweden ambassador after protester in Stockholm stomps on Koran

Hundreds of protesters stormed the Swedish embassy in Baghdad in the early hours of Thursday morning and set it on fire, a source familiar with the matter and a Reuters witness said, in a protest against the expected burning of a Koran in Sweden.

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