The Swedish prosecutor's office arrested in absentia the right-wing radical politician and leader of the Hard Deal party Rasmus Paludan, who distinguished himself by a number of Islamophobic actions and, in particular, by burning the Koran at the Turkish embassy in Denmark.

According to Aftonbladet, he is under investigation for inciting ethnic hatred, as well as insulting and attacking an official..

If he returns from Denmark, where he is now, to his homeland, he will be detained. According to prosecutor Adrien Combier-Hogg, a politician who refuses to come to Sweden in person could be questioned by the Danish police..

Paludan himself called the accusations "

“The Swedish police in general and the Malmo city police in particular do not want to protect me, so it is dangerous for me to come to Sweden.. The Malmo police are an Islamized garbage heap,” he said..

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In January, Rasmus Paludan publicly burned a copy of the Koran outside a mosque in Copenhagen and outside the Turkish embassy in Denmark..

His actions attracted particular attention because they led to tensions and a long pause in the negotiations between Turkey and Sweden and Finland on their accession to NATO..

Swedish media have speculated that Paludan has ties to the Russian terrorist mercenary group PMC Wagner.

In March, the British authorities announced that Rasmus Paludan was banned from entering the country because of his plans to carry out provocative actions to burn the Koran..