Swedish PM ‘extremely worried’ as more apply to burn Qur’an

Ulf Kristersson says there is a clear risk of something serious happening' amid growing Muslim anger at the attacks on Islam's holy book

The Swedish prime minister, Ulf Kristersson, has said that he is extremely worried" about the consequences if more demonstrations go ahead in which the Qur'an is desecrated, amid growing Muslim anger at a series of attacks on Islam's holy book.

Attacks on the Qur'an in Sweden and Denmark have offended many Muslim countries, including Turkey, whose backing Sweden needs to join Nato - a goal of Stockholm's after Russia's invasion of Ukraine.