A planned refugee camp in Sweden has been torched in a suspected arson attack.
Firefighters were called to the blaze in Eskilstuna, west of Stockholm, at around 11pm last night. The building is said to have been almost totally destroyed.
Swedish authorities had wanted to house around 60 people in the former holiday camp.
It is the latest in a series of violent incidents against asylum seekers in the country, with local media reporting there have been at least 15 suspicious blazes at asylum centres since the start of the year.
Yesterday a man with a sword killed two people at a Swedish school with many immigrant pupils, with police saying they believe the attacker had 'racist motives'.
BBC has reported that Sweden is expected to receive up to 190,000 asylum applications this year - marking one of the highest rates per capita in the EU, and the highest rate in the country's history.
Meanwhile, there will be a mini-summit of EU leaders this weekend to discuss the record number of refugees arriving in Europe.
More than 670,000 people have entered the Euro area so far this year, mainly fleeing violence in Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan.
Tomorrow's summit in Brussels will gather the leaders of Macedonia and Serbia along with the leaders of eight of the 28 EU countries.
