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Police Boost Patrols in Migrant District of Sweden's Trollhattan Amid Riots

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Police seek to increase its presence in western Swedish town of Trollhattan following the second night of riots staged by masked youth in a district populated by migrants, police spokeswoman Ulla Brehm said Thursday.

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STOCKHOLM (Sputnik) — For the last two nights, 40-50 masked youngsters have been throwing stones in police cars, passenger buses, been trying to set trash and tires on fire. No injuries had been reported, no one was detained, motives of the attackers remain unknown.

"It has been planned to increase police presence following what had happened…. It is difficult to say exactly who does it, but it is no secret that it happened in an area where many migrants live, and the locals are most often among those who stage riots," Brehm told RIA Novosti.

Trollhattan had already been a scene of migrants-related violence in late 2015 when a Swedish man killed 17-year-old student with a Somali background and wounded a 15-year-old who arrived in Sweden from Syria.

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