STOCKHOLM: As many as five people were injured when a mosque in Eskilstuna was torched on Thursday night.
According to reports, The fire started after 1 pm on Christmas Day in a prayer room housed in a tower block.
A Swedish television said that a petrol bottle was seen near the room entrance just before the fire erupted.
Police said that the fire started when an object was thrown through the window of Somali association room, and they were having prayers at that time.
However Around 20 people were inside the mosque, including children.
“Two suffer from smoke inhalation, two have cuts and bruises and one has a fracture”, says Lars Franzell, who is heading up the investigation at Eskilstuna police. He tells news agency TT they are investigating the case as aggravated arson.
A press release from the Mälarsjukhuset hospital says one person is “hurt badly but stable”.
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