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Old 02-21-2017, 10:57 AM  
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Stockholm riots spark online debate over Sweden's 'no-go' areas


A riot in a Swedish suburb which saw cars burned out and police fire warning shots has prompted a heated online debate over what constitutes a ?no-go zone.?

Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet traced the rise of the ?no-go? tag, previously used in the media to describe the area affected by Monday?s riots, Rinkeby, to the publication of a Swedish police report on disadvantaged suburbs.

The December 2015 report did not specifically use the phrase ?no-go area?, however, and in the wake of Monday?s disturbances, a Swedish journalist prompted an in-depth online debate about the use and accuracy of the term.

Rinkeby, an area in Stockholm, was the scene of street disturbances on Monday. According to police, an arrest escalated into stone-throwing at patrol units and an ?officer was hit in the arm and slightly injured?. Police fired warning shots to disperse the crowd and say no injuries were reported as a result of these shots.

Following widespread coverage of overnight trouble in Stockholm, Ivar Arpi, a writer for Svenska Dagbladet, posed the ?no-go zone? question on Twitter:

Translation: ?What do you think of the concept? What is missing, what catches?"

Continued https://www.rt.com/news/378151-stock...inkeby-debate/
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