Date June 2010 (2010-06) | Methods Rioting
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Location Rinkeby, Stockholm, Sweden | ||
For two mid-June nights in a row in 2010, youth riots broke out in Rinkeby, 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.
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.
References
2010 Rinkeby riots Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA