Molotov cocktail thrown at Swedish embassy in Beirut amid Quran-burning tensions

An assailant threw a Molotov cocktail at Sweden’s embassy in Beirut, causing no casualties, Stockholm’s foreign minister and a diplomatic source said Thursday, amid anger over recent Quran desecrations.

“We confirm that there was a Molotov cocktail thrown at the facade of our embassy last evening, which did not explode,” a diplomatic source at the embassy said, requesting anonymity as they were not authorized to speak to the media.

The “perpetrator managed to run away,” the source added.

Tensions have flared between Sweden and Muslim countries following several protests involving public desecrations of the Quran in Stockholm — including setting pages alight. Lebanese security forces had bolstered measures around the embassy in downtown Beirut for fear of attacks.

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