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Sunday 28 Dec 2014 - 14:24 Makkah mean time-6-3-1436  Stockholm (IINA) - Hundreds of Swedes took to the streets on Friday to denounce an arson attack on a mosque in which five people were injured.
A firebomb was thrown through a closed window of the mosque in the central city of Eskilstuna Thursday injuring five of the nearly 70 worshippers inside. Two of the injured have been hospitalized on Friday.
Answering calls to denounce the attack by the "Together for Eskilstuna" Facebook page, a large group of people converged on the damaged mosque to show their support.
An investigation has been launched into the incident, but the authorities until now hasn’t been able to arrest any suspect. An official spokesman for the Swedish police said the Swedish intelligence agency is going to take part in the investigation of this incident.
In September elections, the extreme rightist anti-immigration Sweden Democrats party became the third-largest party in the parliament by winning 12.9 percent of the vote.
According to a recent mock election poll for radio station SR, Sweden Democrats has increased its September showing by a full point to 13.9 percent with other surveys showing support of nearly 16 percent.
The latest opinion poll published by the Radio SR showed that xenophobia rate has risen so much over the past years. The head of Muslim Association of Sweden Omar Mustafa lamented the rise of the hostility towards foreigners and Muslims without genuine reasons.
SM/IINA
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