HUSBY, Sweden - Some 200 youths hurled rocks at police Tuesday and set cars ablaze in a suburb of Stockholm, the second day of rioting triggered by the fatal police shooting of a man wielding a knife.
Dozens of windows were smashed, 10 cars and several containers were set on fire,and seven police officers were injured.
Cars and containers also were set ablaze in another of the Swedish capital’s suburbs, Fittja, although police said it was not clear whether the two events were linked.
The unrest began Sunday night in response to the May 13 shooting, in which police killed a 69-year-old man who had locked himself in an apartment in Husby, west of Stockholm.
Police refused to give the nationality of the victim.
Six youths were arrested early Tuesday, but two were released after questioning, police spokesman Jorgen Karlsson said.
Many residents said they saw the shooting as an example of police brutality.
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