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On June 8 and 9, 2010, youth riots broke out in Rinkeby,[2] a suburb dominated by immigrant residents, in northern Stockholm, Sweden. Up to 100 youths threw bricks, set fires and attacked the local police station in Rinkeby.[1]
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Rioting
The riot broke out late on the evening of 8 June when a group of young adults were refused admittance to a junior high school dance; angered, they responded by throwing rocks through the windows of the school. From there, the rioting spread.[3]
Rioters threw rocks at police, attacked a police station and burned down a school, throwing rocks at responding fire engines and preventing fire fighters from reaching the school in time to save the building.[4][5][3]
Social activist George Lakey describes the 2010 Rinkeby riots as the first riots by migrant youth in Sweden, followed by the 2013 Stockholm riots, which included violent rioting in Rinkeby, a Stockholm suburb.[6]
Background
Rinkeby is noted for its high concentration of immigrants and people with immigrant ancestry. 89.1% of the population of Rinkeby had a first- or second-generation immigrant background as of 31 December 2007.[7]
See also
References
- ^ a b "Sweden riots revive immigration debate". The Australian. 23 May 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-06-22. Retrieved 16 June 2010.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ Anders Forsström (9 June 2010). "Nya upplopp i Rinkeby" (in Swedish). Dagens nyheter. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
- ^ a b "Riots rock Stockholm suburb". Sydney Morning Herald. AFP. 9 June 2010. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
- ^ "Migrant youths riot in Sweden, burning down school". BBC. 9 June 2010. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
- ^ Bearak, Max (21 February 2017). "Riots erupt in Sweden's capital after arrest, just days after Trump comments". Chicago Tribune. Washingotn Post.
- ^ Lakey, George (2016). Viking Economics: How the Scandinavians Got It Right-and How We Can, Too. Melville House. ISBN 1612195377. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
- ^ "Områdesfakta Rinkeby stadsdel". Stockholms stads utrednings- och statistikkontor AB. Archived from the original on 23 February 2012. Retrieved 16 June 2013.