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– The police received good help from many who were at the scene.
Dialogue police Johan Heed was pleased with how it all went.
An arrest in Husby
At around 20, the police announced that a person had been arrested after throwing an object at a police officer in Husby. It must have happened after Rasmus Paludan’s election meeting in the area was over around 6 p.m.
– It is unclear what has been thrown away. The police were slightly injured and did not need hospital care, says Per Fahlström, the police’s spokesperson.
Just before 8 pm, Rasmus Paludan also leaves Hallunda in a car.
Three people have been taken into custody for disorderly conduct in Hallunda in connection with Paludan’s election meeting, according to the latest information from the police. The people are not suspected of any crime.
The atmosphere has become more angry in Hallunda, reports SVT’s team on site. A police helicopter is circulating around the area.
Hear SVT’s team on site: There has been an angry atmosphere, but now several counter-protesters are leaving Hallunda.
Cars pass the place and try to disrupt the meeting by honking.
Hallunda resident Abdullah Abdeh is trying to persuade people to leave the place.
– For tactical reasons, I can not go into how we will work. But we bring with us experiences from previous public gatherings into this work today, says Anna Westberg, the police’s spokesperson.
Violent riots broke out in several cities during the Easter weekend after Tight course leader Rasmus Paludan burned a Koran in Jönköping. Now the party is returning to Stockholm.
– We have a special concept that we work according to and it is very much about us working with conflict reduction principles. We work a lot with dialogue and communication, partly with the organizer both the municipality and other actors in society as well as religious communities, says Westberg.
Two arrested in Uppsala
Earlier on Saturday, Paludan had an election meeting in Uppsala. According to the police it went largely calmly but there were some disturbances. In the afternoon, two people were arrested in connection with the election meeting, one is suspected of preparing for aggravated assault by throwing stones, and the other person is suspected of violence against an official and threats against an official.