(AhlulBayt News Agency) - Police and emergency services were called to a Muslim prayer room belong to Shia Muslims in Malmo in southern Sweden after a fire had broken out early Tuesday morning.
Firefighters from three different fire stations in the region instantly put the fire out and no one was injured in the incident. The entire building of Munadhar al-Mahdi Hussainiyah was smoke damaged and police have reported it to be an arson attack.
"Technicians on site have located traces indicating that it's an arson attack," Daniel Jonasson, central command at the Malmo police, told tabloid newspaper Kvallsposten.
The building is also home to different community associations.
A local told state media SVT Nyheter Skane that: "We were here last night mourning Ashura [10th day of Muharram (Lunar month) winch martyrdom of Imam Hussain occurred]," he said. "I didn't notice anything strange at the time, I drove past just now and saw that there had been a fire."
Photos before the incident on Last year Ashura 2015:
Photos after the incident this year Ashura 2016:
