Malmö: Illegal immigrant arrested during wedding
A wedding on Saturday in Malmö in southern Sweden came to an abrupt halt as police arrested the 24-year-old groom at the city hall, using pepper spray on him in the process, according to Sydsvenskan newspaper.
The man, who is a refugee from Afghanistan, was wanted by the police after his application for asylum was rejected. He had remained on the run to avoid deportation.
But the police received information that the 24-year-old was to be wed.
“We knew that they were going to the city hall. We had to act before they managed to perform the ceremony,” Anders Kristersson of the Malmö police department told Sydsvenskan.
He said that pepper spray was used because the Afghan man resisted arrest. The man remains in the custody of the Malmö police.
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Source: The Local (English)
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