Arson attack on Islamic center in Sweden

An Islamic cultural center, which is also used as a mosque, has been targeted in an arson attack in Sweden’s second-largest city Göteborg.

 

 

An Islamic cultural center, which is also used as a mosque, has been targeted in an arson attack in Sweden’s second-largest city Göteborg.

Regional police said that unknown attackers set fire to the Islamic Cultural Association of Kungalv at 02.00 a.m. local time.

The fire was later extinguished by fire crew, but serious financial loss could not be prevented.

A Muslim prayer room in southern Sweden’s Malmo was also targeted by an arson attack back in October 2016.