While no casualties were reported, a number of President Trump's supporters took to Twitter to highlihgt the immigration problem
Riots broke out in Sweden’s capital Stockholm on Monday night, as residents clashed with police officers and set vehicles on fire. Reports suggest that the area is predominantly immigrant. Incidentally, the violence took place a few days after US President Donald Trump made remarks on the immigration in the Scandinavian nation, which resulted in a series of jokes being made against the US President.
According to CNN, several people threw stones at police, striking one officer in the arm. As the situation escalated, police fired warning shots to disperse the crowd and one shot at a rioter.
In a statement, the Stockholm police said that officers were forced to call in reinforcements when a crowd began to gather in the suburb of Rinkeby during the arrest of a suspect.
According to a report by Swedish daily, The Local, riots started at around 8pm when police were making an arrest near the underground station in Rinkeby.
"Several people" threw rocks at the officers, according to police, who later confirmed that one officer had fired at rioters.
"But nobody has been found injured at the scene and we have checked the hospitals and there hasn't been anyone with what could be gunshot wounds," police spokesperson Lars Byström told the Dagens Nyheter newspaper.
The Stockholm police also told the New York Times that incidents such as the one on Monday night were not unprecedented, but were infrequent. In 2013, the police shooting of a man wielding a knife led to nights of violence in the suburbs of Stockholm. However, on Tuesday morning life returned to normal in Sweden's capital, as CNN's Ivan Watson highlighted on his Twitter handle
The episode drew scrutiny worldwide because of President Trump’s assertions — based on a Fox News segment — that Sweden had experienced a surge in crime and violence as a result of taking in large numbers of refugees.
Following the riots, a number of President Trump's supporters took to social media to agree that he was right all along
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