Ahlulbayt News Agency: Swedish authorities are conducting a hate crime investigation following the discovery of a dead boar at a mosque in southern Sweden.
The incident, which involved an unidentified individual throwing the animal at the mosque's facade, was confirmed by police on their official website, AFP reported on Wednesday.
The case is currently categorized as incitement against an ethnic group, with the possibility of additional suspicions emerging as the investigation progresses.
Smajo Sahat, who leads the foundation managing the mosque in Skovde, said that the deceased animal was identified as a wild boar.
"I came this morning and saw it, it was dead," he said. "A person came in a car and threw it at the mosque. We don't know who it was but it was caught on surveillance cameras," he added.
He mentioned that the mosque, which has been operational for a year and serves approximately 1,000 members, had not received any recent threats.
This incident occurs amidst a backdrop of several Islamophobic events in Sweden, where individuals have exploited the so-called freedom of speech laws to desecrate the Holy Quran.
The string of Quran burning events in Sweden, Denmark, and the Netherlands sparked global condemnation, with several Muslim nations calling for boycotting the products coming from these nations.
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The incident, which involved an unidentified individual throwing the animal at the mosque's facade, was confirmed by police on their official website, AFP reported on Wednesday.
The case is currently categorized as incitement against an ethnic group, with the possibility of additional suspicions emerging as the investigation progresses.
Smajo Sahat, who leads the foundation managing the mosque in Skovde, said that the deceased animal was identified as a wild boar.
"I came this morning and saw it, it was dead," he said. "A person came in a car and threw it at the mosque. We don't know who it was but it was caught on surveillance cameras," he added.
He mentioned that the mosque, which has been operational for a year and serves approximately 1,000 members, had not received any recent threats.
This incident occurs amidst a backdrop of several Islamophobic events in Sweden, where individuals have exploited the so-called freedom of speech laws to desecrate the Holy Quran.
The string of Quran burning events in Sweden, Denmark, and the Netherlands sparked global condemnation, with several Muslim nations calling for boycotting the products coming from these nations.
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