The Local , an English-language online newspaper , reported that Stockholm 's fire service had responded to at least 75 incidents throughout the city by 2 a.m. Thursday . Police : Rioters set fires , then pelt responding firefighters and police with rocks . Husby , a northern suburb of Stockholm , had been at the center of the disorder . The riots spread to other areas in Sweden as well. Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt has appealed for calm in the capital .
Police : Rioters set fires , then pelt responding firefighters and police with rocks . Husby , a northern suburb of Stockholm , had been at the center of the disorder . The riots spread to other areas in Sweden as well. Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt has appealed for calm in the capital .