Swedish asylum centre burns down in suspected arson attack
STOCKHOLM- A Swedish asylum centre burned down overnight in a suspected attack by arsonists, police said on Friday, the second incident of its kind in a week in the Stockholm region.
Staff alerted police in the early hours of Friday after hearing noises and seeing lights outside the building, Stockholm police spokesman Kjell Lindgren said.
A fire then broke out, he said, adding police had opened an investigation. "Things do not just catch fire outside (a house) for no reason."
Two staff and nine residents were at the centre at the time of the blaze, during which no one was hurt, Lindgren said.
