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More damage from Swedish riots

2013-05-24 34 Dailymotion

More broken windows and shattered glass in the suburbs of Stockholm Sweden overnight.<br/> <br />Officials say fires were started at two schools, and at least five cars were burned.<br/> <br />Young people have been rioting since Sunday night in working class neighbourhoods with mostly immigrant populations.<br/> <br />The riots appear to have been sparked by the police killing of a 69-year-old man earlier this month, which prompted accusations of police brutality.<br/> <br />Although living standards in Sweden are amongst the highest in Europe, seven years of conservative rule has seen a reduction in state benefits.<br/> <br />Swedish society has become more segregated, with a large numbers of immigrants living in areas where unemployment is dramatically higher than elsewhere.

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