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斯德哥尔摩移民区连续四天爆发骚乱 Swedens capital, shocking a country that dodged the worst of the financial crisis but failed to solve youth unemployment and resentment among asylum seekers. 据外国媒体5月23日报道，瑞典首都斯德哥尔摩移民区连续四天晚上爆发骚乱，数以百计的年轻人焚烧汽车、袭击警察。骚乱震惊了瑞典。 ? Violence spread from the North to the South of the city on Wednesday as groups of youth pushed throughStockholms suburbs casting stones, breaking windows and setting cars alight. Police in the southern Swedish city of Malmo said two cars had been set ablaze. ? Local media said a police station office was set on fire in the southern suburb of R?gsved, where several people were also detained. No one was hurt and the fire was quickly put out. ? The attackers have awaited nightfall before setting out, defying a call for calm from the countrys prime minister and damaging stores, schools, a police station and an arts and crafts centre in the four days of violence. ? I think there is a feeling that we need to be in more places tonight, said Towe Hagg, spokeswoman forStockholm police. One police officer was injured in the latest attacks and five were arrested for attempted arson. ? Selcuk Ceken, who works at a local youth activity centre in Hagsatra, said between 40 and 50 youths threw stones at police and smashed windows, then ran off in different directions. He noted the people were in their 20s and seemed well organized. ? Its difficult to say why theyre doing this, he said. Maybe its anger at the law and order forces, maybe its anger at their own personal situation, such as unemployment or having nowhere to live. ? The riots appear to have been sparked by the police killing of a 69-year-old man wielding a machete in the suburb of Husby this month, which prompted accusations of police brutality. The riots then spread from Husby to other poor Stockholm suburbs. ? We see a society that is becoming increasingly divided and where the gaps, both socially and economically, are becoming larger, said Rami Al-khamisi, co-founder of Megafonen, a