Today at around 4:30 am the camp where the Iraqi and Afghan #righttolife demonstrators have been protesting since February were a target of an attack that set alight one of the tents. One person got his hands burned while trying to put out the fire and was taken to the hospital for treatment.
Tag: racist crimes
Police University College of Finland: Hate crimes rise by 52.01% in 2015
The amount of suspected hate crimes* that were reported to the police in 2015 rose by 52.01% to 1,250 cases compared with 822 the previous year, according to the Police University College.
Deputy police chief: Finnsh hate crimes have doubled in Helsinki so far this year from 2014
Racist or hate crimes have doubled in Helsinki from last year, according to Jyväskylä-based daily Keskisuomalainen, which cites the Finnish News Agency (STT). The total number of racist crimes that have been reported this year is about 70.
Police College of Finland: Suspected hate crimes retreated a tad in 2014
The amount of racist and other hate crimes reported to the police in 2014 grew a tad to 822 compared with 833 in the previous year, according to the Police College of Finland. Racist crimes retreated to 678 from 710 suspected cases with other hate crimes rising to 144 from 123.