Fury over rape reports at Swedish music festivals

The Local reports:

Five rapes and a number of sexual assaults were reported at the popular Bråvalla festival in Norrköping over the weekend. Meanwhile, at the Putte i Parken festival in Karlstad, at least 35 groping incidents were registered by police, including teenage boys grabbing the breasts of female audience members.

As The Local reported last week, police have been handing out anti-groping campaign bracelets ahead of the summer festival season, aimed at raising awareness to curb sexual harrassment among young people. But on Sunday and Monday, calls were being heard for officers and organizers to take stronger action.

"They [festival organizers] perhaps want to take it seriously and they are on their way towards understanding after quite some time. But very little is happening," Lisen Andréasson Florman, who runs non-profit initiative Nattskiftet, which aims to create a safe environment at festivals, told Swedish news agency TT.

Police press spokesman Thomas Agnevik, who was present at the Bråvalla festival, agreed in part.

No word yet on whether Muslim migrants were "involved" in this story.