Two security guards have been suspended after a pregnant mother was hurt while being forcibly removed from an underground train in Sweden.

The woman was with her five-year-old daughter at the time of the incident at the Hotorget station in central Stockholm, where officials dragged her on to the platform for allegedly travelling without a valid ticket.

Footage of the confrontation has gone viral on social media, sparking debate over accusations of racial profiling by police and security personnel.

Image: The woman was pinned to a bench after being removed from the train. Instagram pic: @action4humanity_se

An investigation is under way to determine whether the staff in the clip are guilty of malpractice or assault, and if the woman - who has insisted she had a ticket but could not find it - is guilty of violent resistance.

She has twice checked into a hospital in Stockholm since the incident on Thursday night - first in the aftermath, and again on Friday to make sure that her pregnancy had not been affected.


She claims security guards "immediately grabbed" her upon telling them that she could not find her ticket, having already told them she could not leave the train because she was tired and in pain.

Image: The woman was escorted down the platform. Instagram pic: @action4humanity_se

In a video shared widely on Instagram by activist Lovette Jallow, the woman's daughter can be heard screaming and crying as she watches her mother be pinned to a bench on the station platform.

In a caption alongside the clip, Ms Jallow - under the account name action4humanity_se - said her treatment "shouldn't surprise anyone" and that "if anything happens to that child, there will be hell to pay".

Some have said the incident is racially motivated.

One comment on the video reads: "Look how they treat the black ppl in Sweden. Racial profiling is alive and well in this peace loving country!"

Stockholm Public Transport officer Claes Keisu has admitted that the guards involved may have gone too far, but said no further comment would be offered until an internal investigation was complete.

He said: "When meeting a pregnant woman travelling with a small child, should not then some precautions have been taken by the security guards?

"We don't why the security guards chose to intervene in this way, but that's something we will find out."