Cars torched in poor Stockholm suburb as election nears -police


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  • Saturday, 06 Sep 2014

Social Democrats leader Stefan Lofven (2nd L) and Sweden's Prime Minister and Moderates leader Fredrik Reinfeldt (C) greet each other as they arrive for an election debate at Kulturhuset in Stockholm September 5, 2014. REUTERS/Jessica Gow/TT News Agency ATTENTION EDITORS - SWEDEN OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN SWEDEN. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - At least 20 cars were set on fire overnight in a poor immigrant suburb of Stockholm, police said on Saturday, days before an election in which joblessness and Sweden's open door asylum policy are major issues.

Sweden suffered its worst riots in years in May 2013, when youths burnt hundreds of cars and battled police in the capital's poor suburbs for a week.

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