Iraqi Protesters Storm Swedish Embassy in Baghdad

Protesters angered by the planned burning of a copy of the Quran by an Iraqi man in Sweden stormed the Swedish Embassy in Baghdad Thursday, overrunning the diplomatic compound and starting a fire.

Protesters stormed the diplomatic post early Thursday, waving flags and signs showing the influential Iraqi Shiite cleric and political leader Muqtada al-Sadr, and set a small fire.

The attack on the embassy came ahead of a planned burning of the Quran in Stockholm by an Iraqi asylum-seeker who burned a copy of the Islamic holy book during a previous demonstration last month.

Following the incident, the Swedish Embassy announced it had closed to visitors, without specifying when it would reopen.

Iraq’s prime minister cut diplomatic ties with Sweden in protest over the desecration of the Islamic holy book in response.

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[sarahairey]

Imagine how smelly that crowd would be

[Sailoredive]

Give them a new sadam Hussein, deserve it

[silviomarcio]

Don't these people have something better to do😮😮😮😮😮😮😮

[bomark]

Wow this breed is nothing but trouble all the time just like Iran

[anisshah]

Allah Allah, Naraye takbir Allahu Akbar

[alimahad]

I really do hope that the fool who done did it would be caught soon enough

[hmud]

This is so beautiful 🙏😍
Thanks to the iraqis 🇮🇶🇮🇶🇮🇶🇮🇶

[Gubben-eu]

Aww is nice to see no death in this protest .like all the other protest in middle east so many death happens

[shahlaraza]

Quran shareef dilon pr
likha hy kaisy mitao gy

[Miinecraftserver]

Islam is the last religion on earth which has true values - Andrew Tate

Like Preacher, like students 😂 one in jail and others spreading peace, love snd acceptance wherever they go