On 20 February 2017, rioting broke out in Rinkeby, a predominantly immigrant-populated suburb of the Swedish capital Stockholm.
[3] In four hours of unrest, several fires were started, at least seven cars burnt, shops vandalized and police hit with rocks.
[1][4][5] The fire department had to wait for the police to secure the area before being able to extinguish the burning cars.
[9] The Swedish police were criticized by local residents for taking too long to subdue the rioters and not doing enough to stop them.
[10] Because the riots broke out two days after the president of the United States of America, Donald Trump, mentioned a Fox News segment he had seen about Sweden the night before, the Rinkeby riots of 2017 drew wide international attention.