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Well, here is a picture from sunday.

The only other mention of this in the Danish msm was a report by the Danish State TV that stated.

Zero tolerance for rioters in Århus 02. nov. 2005 10.22 English Opdat.: 02. nov. 2005 11.22 Police in Århus have announced a zero tolerance policy over for the troublemakers who have been rampaging through a suburb of Århus during the weekend. The area of Viby, just outside central Århus has witnessed a spate of riots all weekend with shop windows being smashed, a kindergarten burnt out and general violence occurring between mainly young people with immigrant backgrounds and the police. The zero tolerance hard-line has met criticism from an expert in youth research. Susasne Branner Jespersen said that a zero tolerance stance only increases the hatred between the youths and police. The Mayor of Århus Louise Gade dismissed the concerns of experts and said that a hard-line must be taken with these troublemakers so ordinary law-abiding citizens could feel safe in their homes.

Actually, there is a story in todays Danish edition of the Jyllands Posten...

It is basically an interview with a socialist politician with a Turkish heritage who want to emphasise that the "troublemakers" who rioted do not represent the ordinary immigrants in Århus...

I assume that this Danish riot only lasted for three days, and off course was on a smaller scale than those is gay Paris. Århus is also obviously a much much smaller town..

Cheers.

Latest comment from Danish media relating to this:

Fogh: riots are not terrorism

08.11.2005 Print article (IE & NS 4+)

Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen brushes away the Danish People's Party's description of street riots in France and Århus as terrorism

Rioting immigrant youths in French building projects and Danish immigrant districts cannot be compared with terrorists, Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen said on Tuesday.

Rasmussen made his statement at a press conference after his government's support party, the Danish People's Party (DF), said new anti-terrorism legislation ought to be used to prevent street riots.

Last week, the government presented a 49-point plan to fight and prevent terrorist attacks in Denmark. DF's leaders have said that the DKK 150 million set aside in the state budget for the anti-terror package should be used to crack down on rioters.

Shortly before the outbreak of street violence in the outskirts of many French cities, teenagers in the Jutland city of Århus rampaged through a shopping district a few nights in a row, setting fire to a hot dog stand and a childcare centre, and hurtling bricks through shop windows.

The events had local politicians clamouring for tougher measures and a zero-tolerance approach towards the rioters. The local police, however, said it had no plans to tackle the disturbances by other means than dialogue and peaceful negotiations with the teenagers. Shortly afterwards, the violence subsided.

'Let's just keep our definitions sorted out,' Rasmussen told reporters. 'Denmark's anti-terrorism effort is to be used against organised terrorism, like we witnessed with the London underground bombings. Street riots and disturbances are not terrorism.'

The prime minister added that the terms riots and disturbances applied to the French situation, while the Århus teenage behaviour could be defined as simple pranks.

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