http://www.wvwnews.net/story.php?id=3436
By News Team
The riots which started six nights ago (Feb. 9th) in Nørrebro have spread out to the rest of Copenhagen and other cities around the country.
Witnesses in one case described the rioters as “second generation immigrants”. The riots included burning cars and trash containers, throwing petrol bombs at schools and municipal buildings, and throwing stones at police and emergency services.
The worst hit was the Værebroskolen in the Copenhagen suburb of Bagsværd, where ten classrooms were burned down. The fire brigade was called in to deal with at least 20 fires in the city. Berlingske Tidende offers a picture gallery of the fires in Greater Copenhagen.
Meanwhile, Chief Inspector Henrik Olesen of the Copenhagen police told AFP that at least 11 cars were torched in different Copenhagen neighborhoods and 10 in the nearby town of Kokkedal. This is while 17 youths were arrested on Thursday for rioting.
Olesen said that they had no idea why the youths were rioting. He said, “I think it’s because they’re bored. Some people say it’s because of the http://www.wvwnews.net/story.php?id=3395 but that’s not my opinion.”Copenhagen’s chief inspector was referring to the reprinting of a “blasphemous” cartoon of the Muslim Prophet Mohammad in 17 Danish newspapers on Wednesday.
The reprinting led to protests in several Muslim countries including Kuwait and Pakistan. The Palestinian movement Hamas has also condemned the publication.
The “blasphemous” cartoon was reprinted this week when Danish police discovered a plot to kill the cartoonist.
This was followed by the apprehension of three people for planning the murder, including two Tunisians who have lived in Denmark for more than seven years.
http://www.bnp.org.uk/2008/02/15/6th-night-of-danish-immigrant-riots/