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Chaos erupted on Monday evening as police were forced to fire at a group of around 30 after they allegedly started throwing stones at the attending officers. The scenes unfolded just hours after the country’s Prime Minister, Stefan Löfven, slammed Donald Trump for claiming Sweden was in crisis as a result of its liberal refugee policy. Violence erupted after the police had tried to arrest a wanted person on the subway in the hard-hit suburb of Rinkeby. Following the attack on the police officers, Moderate Party politician Kristoffer Tamsons demanded more surveillance cameras should be installed near metro stations so officers can more easily prosecute vandals in the future.

PATRIK HANSEN • REX FEATURES Kristoffer Tamsons demanded more surveillance cameras should be installed following the riot

Mr Tamsons, who is a traffic councillor at the Stockholm County Council, said: “What we saw last night was one in a series of attacks on important social structures, where assailants even overpower police officers. “This is about signalling this is for real, and that is is very serious. If we don’t act here and now with the tools we have, the situation can escalate even further. “The time where we could just point the finger at each other, and run and hide behind investigations are over. When our suburbs are on fire, we must… solve the problems here and now.” The MP politician, whose party secured 13 seats on the Stockholm County Council in the 2014 general election, said the cameras should be installed across the Swedish capital to aid law enforcement.

When our suburbs are on fire, we must… solve the problems here and now Kristoffer Tamsons

Speaking to Expressen.se, Mr Tamsons also urged the government to rapidly change the law to send a clear signal violence will not be tolerated. “[By installing cameras] we can monitor what is happening there and be able to identify the perpetrators and help the police to prosecute them,” Mr Tamsons said. The demand followed a night of rioting as a police officer was forced to shoot into the rowdy crowd as they "felt threatened". Sylvia Odin, of the Stockholm police, said: “There was stone throwing and they were placed in a situation where a number of people jointly attacked and threw stones. They felt vulnerable and threatened.

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