The police are on site when Rasmus Paludan has an election meeting in Husby center. See a clip from the site.
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Jasmine Gestblom
SVTReporter
Henrik Arborén
SVTOnline specialist
When Rasmus Paludan started the meeting in Husby center just before the appointed time, the police command center stated that it was a so-called “green location”, which means that it is quiet on the spot.
Henrik Arborén
SVTOnline specialist
– 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.