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Iraq expels Swedish ambassador over planned Quran burning | DW News |
Swedish news agency TT reported that police granted an application for a public meeting outside the Iraqi embassy in the capital of Stockholm on Thursday.
The application says an individual seeks to set the Quran and the Iraqi flag alight, TT reported.
AFP news agency reported that a Sweden-based Iraqi refugee stomped on the Quran, but did not burn it, during a protest in Stockholm. TT reported that the Quran was damaged but not did not catch fire.
Stomped on it, did not catch fire ...
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Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Bilstrom labeled the breach "totally unacceptable."

Attackerna mot den svenska ambassaden i Irak är helt oacceptabla. Det är andra gången på kort tid som det sker. Irak har ett ansvar att skydda Sveriges ambassad i Bagdad. Regeringen kommer idag kalla upp Iraks högsta diplomat i Sverige. [_link]
— Tobias Billström (@TobiasBillstrom) July 20, 2023

"It is clear that the Iraq authorities have seriously failed in their responsibility to protect diplomatic missions and personnel," Bilstrom said in a statement shared on Twitter. Iraq's charge d'affaires in Stockholm has also been summoned by Swedish authorities to express their dismay after the incident.
The US also called it "unacceptable" that Iraqi troops did not shield the Swedish embassy from the breach.